#4538C5#4538C5

#4538C5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.208 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4538C5
RGB	rgb(69, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(246, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(246, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.24, 47.15, -71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.24, 85.52, 303.46°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% 0.0298 -0.206)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.208 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9432, 8.1236, 53.6457)
Luminance	0.0813 (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

#4538C5 #B8C538

analogous

#3872C5 #4538C5 #8C38C5

triadic

#4538C5 #C54538 #38C545

tetradic

#4538C5 #C53872 #B8C538 #38C58C

square

#4538C5 #C53872 #B8C538 #38C58C

split-complementary

#4538C5 #C58C38 #72C538

monochromatic

#241D66 #342A95 #4538C5 #7167D4 #9D96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4538C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4538C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4538C5

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4538C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4538C5	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4538c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.208 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971d8',
    500: '#4538c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4538c5;
$custom-light: #8971d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4538c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.532,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45336,
    "c": 0.2081,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4538C5

secondary

#C7CD8C

accent

#DF49D1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4538C5

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

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