#4E37C9#4E37C9

#4E37C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.212 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37C9
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 201)
HSL	hsl(249, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.14, 50.06, -72.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.14, 87.83, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(46.27% 0.0418 -0.2081)
OKLCH	oklch(46.27% 0.212 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0474, 8.5680, 56.1079)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.15

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37C9 #B2C937

analogous

#3769C9 #4E37C9 #9737C9

triadic

#4E37C9 #C94E37 #37C94E

tetradic

#4E37C9 #C93769 #B2C937 #37C997

square

#4E37C9 #C93769 #B2C937 #37C997

split-complementary

#4E37C9 #C99737 #69C937

monochromatic

#291C69 #3B2999 #4E37C9 #7967D6 #A397E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#4E37C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E37C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37C9

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37C9	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.212 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71db',
    500: '#4e37c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37c9;
$custom-light: #8e71db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.452,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46271,
    "c": 0.21228,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37C9

secondary

#C4CF8D

accent

#E147C9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37C9

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

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