#4538C6#4538C6

#4538C6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.209 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4538C6
RGB	rgb(69, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(245, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(245, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.33, 47.47, -71.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.33, 86.05, 303.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.43% 0.0296 -0.2072)
OKLCH	oklch(45.43% 0.209 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0582, 8.1696, 54.2512)
Luminance	0.0817 (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

#4538C6 #B9C638

analogous

#3872C6 #4538C6 #8C38C6

triadic

#4538C6 #C64538 #38C645

tetradic

#4538C6 #C63872 #B9C638 #38C68C

square

#4538C6 #C63872 #B9C638 #38C68C

split-complementary

#4538C6 #C68C38 #72C638

monochromatic

#241D67 #342B96 #4538C6 #7167D4 #9E97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#4538C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4538C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4538C6

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4538C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4538C6	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4538c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.209 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971d9',
    500: '#4538c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4538c6;
$custom-light: #8971d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4538c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.493,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45432,
    "c": 0.20932,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4538C6

secondary

#C7CD8D

accent

#DF49D1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4538C6

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

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