#4538BE#4538BE

#4538BE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.200 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4538BE
RGB	rgb(69, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(246, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(246, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 44.94, -68.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 81.77, 303.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.031 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.2 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1597, 7.8102, 49.5193)
Luminance	0.0781 (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

#4538BE #B1BE38

analogous

#386EBE #4538BE #8838BE

triadic

#4538BE #BE4538 #38BE45

tetradic

#4538BE #BE386E #B1BE38 #38BE88

square

#4538BE #BE386E #B1BE38 #38BE88

split-complementary

#4538BE #BE8838 #6EBE38

monochromatic

#231C5F #342A8F #4538BE #6D62D1 #9992DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#4538BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4538BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4538BE

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4538BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4538BE	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4538be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.200 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770d3',
    500: '#4538be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4538be;
$custom-light: #8770d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4538be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.821,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44671,
    "c": 0.19953,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4538BE

secondary

#C3CA88

accent

#DE4ACF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4538BE

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

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