#4E37CA#4E37CA

#4E37CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.213 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37CA
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 202)
HSL	hsl(249, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 50.36, -72.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 88.36, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(46.37% 0.0416 -0.2094)
OKLCH	oklch(46.37% 0.213 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1654, 8.6152, 56.7294)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.09

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37CA #B3CA37

analogous

#3769CA #4E37CA #9837CA

triadic

#4E37CA #CA4E37 #37CA4E

tetradic

#4E37CA #CA3769 #B3CA37 #37CA98

square

#4E37CA #CA3769 #B3CA37 #37CA98

split-complementary

#4E37CA #CA9837 #69CA37

monochromatic

#281C6A #3B299B #4E37CA #7967D7 #A498E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#4E37CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E37CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37CA

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37CA	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.213 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71db',
    500: '#4e37ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37ca;
$custom-light: #8e71db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.388,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46365,
    "c": 0.21346,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37CA

secondary

#C5CF8E

accent

#E146C9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37CA

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

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