#4E37C6#4E37C6

#4E37C6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.209 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37C6
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, 49.15, -70.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 86.26, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.99% 0.0424 -0.2043)
OKLCH	oklch(45.99% 0.209 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6979, 8.4283, 54.2674)
Luminance	0.0843 (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

#4E37C6 #AFC637

analogous

#3768C6 #4E37C6 #9537C6

triadic

#4E37C6 #C64E37 #37C64E

tetradic

#4E37C6 #C63768 #AFC637 #37C695

square

#4E37C6 #C63768 #AFC637 #37C695

split-complementary

#4E37C6 #C69537 #68C637

monochromatic

#281C66 #3B2A96 #4E37C6 #7866D4 #A296E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#4E37C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E37C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37C6

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37C6	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.209 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70d8',
    500: '#4e37c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37c6;
$custom-light: #8d70d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.65,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45988,
    "c": 0.2087,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37C6

secondary

#C3CD8C

accent

#E048C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37C6

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

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