#4238C6#4238C6

#4238C6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.210 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4238C6
RGB	rgb(66, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(244, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(244, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.11, 47.11, -72.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.11, 86.16, 303.15°)
OKLab	oklab(45.22% 0.0257 -0.2084)
OKLCH	oklch(45.22% 0.21 277)
XYZ	xyz(13.8507, 8.0626, 54.2415)
Luminance	0.0806 (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

#4238C6 #BCC638

analogous

#3875C6 #4238C6 #8938C6

triadic

#4238C6 #C64238 #38C642

tetradic

#4238C6 #C63875 #BCC638 #38C689

square

#4238C6 #C63875 #BCC638 #38C689

split-complementary

#4238C6 #C68938 #75C638

monochromatic

#221D67 #322B96 #4238C6 #6F67D4 #9C97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#4238C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4238C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4238C6

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4238C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4238C6	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4238c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.210 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870d9',
    500: '#4238c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4238c6;
$custom-light: #8870d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4238c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.225,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45219,
    "c": 0.20996,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.08064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4238C6

secondary

#C9CD8D

accent

#DF49D5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4238C6

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

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