#4E37C7#4E37C7

#4E37C7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.210 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37C7
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 49.46, -71.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 86.78, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% 0.0422 -0.2056)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.21 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8136, 8.4745, 54.8769)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.29

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37C7 #B0C737

analogous

#3768C7 #4E37C7 #9637C7

triadic

#4E37C7 #C74E37 #37C74E

tetradic

#4E37C7 #C73768 #B0C737 #37C796

square

#4E37C7 #C73768 #B0C737 #37C796

split-complementary

#4E37C7 #C79637 #68C737

monochromatic

#281C67 #3B2A97 #4E37C7 #7866D5 #A296E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#4E37C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E37C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37C7

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37C7	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.210 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70d9',
    500: '#4e37c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37c7;
$custom-light: #8d70d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46082,
    "c": 0.2099,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37C7

secondary

#C3CD8C

accent

#E048C8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37C7

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