#4E36D0#4E36D0

#4E36D0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.222 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36D0
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 208)
HSL	hsl(249, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 74%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.62, 52.68, -75.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.62, 92.02, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(46.81% 0.0409 -0.2177)
OKLCH	oklch(46.81% 0.222 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8426, 8.8109, 60.5281)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.14

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36D0 #B8D036

analogous

#366BD0 #4E36D0 #9B36D0

triadic

#4E36D0 #D04E36 #36D04E

tetradic

#4E36D0 #D0366B #B8D036 #36D09B

square

#4E36D0 #D0366B #B8D036 #36D09B

split-complementary

#4E36D0 #D09B36 #6BD036

monochromatic

#281A71 #3926A3 #4E36D0 #7A68DC #A599E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#4E36D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E36D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36D0

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36D0	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.222 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70e0',
    500: '#4e36d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36d0;
$custom-light: #8f70e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.351,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4681,
    "c": 0.22151,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36D0

secondary

#C8D38F

accent

#E543CC

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36D0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →