#4538BC#4538BC

#4538BC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.197 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4538BC
RGB	rgb(69, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(246, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(246, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 44.30, -67.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 80.69, 303.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.0314 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.197 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9426, 7.7234, 48.3759)
Luminance	0.0772 (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

#4538BC #AFBC38

analogous

#386DBC #4538BC #8738BC

triadic

#4538BC #BC4538 #38BC45

tetradic

#4538BC #BC386D #AFBC38 #38BC87

square

#4538BC #BC386D #AFBC38 #38BC87

split-complementary

#4538BC #BC8738 #6DBC38

monochromatic

#221C5E #342A8D #4538BC #6C61D0 #9890DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#4538BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4538BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4538BC

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4538BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4538BC	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4538bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.197 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770d1',
    500: '#4538bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4538bc;
$custom-light: #8770d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4538bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44483,
    "c": 0.19705,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4538BC

secondary

#C2C987

accent

#DD4ACF

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4538BC

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

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