#4E37C5#4E37C5

#4E37C5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.208 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37C5
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.77, 48.85, -70.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.77, 85.73, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.0426 -0.2031)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.208 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5830, 8.3823, 53.6620)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37C5 #AEC537

analogous

#3767C5 #4E37C5 #9537C5

triadic

#4E37C5 #C54E37 #37C54E

tetradic

#4E37C5 #C53767 #AEC537 #37C595

square

#4E37C5 #C53767 #AEC537 #37C595

split-complementary

#4E37C5 #C59537 #67C537

monochromatic

#281C65 #3B2A95 #4E37C5 #7765D4 #A195E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#4E37C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E37C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37C5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37C5	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.208 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70d8',
    500: '#4e37c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37c5;
$custom-light: #8d70d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.718,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45894,
    "c": 0.20751,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37C5

secondary

#C2CD8B

accent

#E048C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37C5

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

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