#4E37CE#4E37CE

#4E37CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.218 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37CE
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 206)
HSL	hsl(249, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 73.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, 51.56, -74.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 90.44, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(46.75% 0.0407 -0.2144)
OKLCH	oklch(46.75% 0.218 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6451, 8.8071, 59.2561)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.00

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37CE #B7CE37

analogous

#376BCE #4E37CE #9937CE

triadic

#4E37CE #CE4E37 #37CE4E

tetradic

#4E37CE #CE376B #B7CE37 #37CE99

square

#4E37CE #CE376B #B7CE37 #37CE99

split-complementary

#4E37CE #CE9937 #6BCE37

monochromatic

#281B6F #3A27A0 #4E37CE #7A68DA #A599E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#4E37CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E37CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37CE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37CE	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.218 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71de',
    500: '#4e37ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37ce;
$custom-light: #8f71de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.139,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46747,
    "c": 0.21819,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37CE

secondary

#C8D28F

accent

#E444CB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37CE

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

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