#4538DD#4538DD

#4538DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.237 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4538DD
RGB	rgb(69, 56, 221)
HSL	hsl(245, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(245, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 74.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 54.61, -81.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 98.01, 303.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.025 -0.2352)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.237 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9153, 9.3125, 69.2986)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.60

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4538DD #D0DD38

analogous

#387EDD #4538DD #9738DD

triadic

#4538DD #DD4538 #38DD45

tetradic

#4538DD #DD387E #D0DD38 #38DD97

square

#4538DD #DD387E #D0DD38 #38DD97

split-complementary

#4538DD #DD9738 #7EDD38

monochromatic

#1F1784 #2C1FB8 #4538DD #766CE6 #A7A1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#4538DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4538DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4538DD

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4538DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4538DD	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4538dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 56, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.237 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d72e9',
    500: '#4538dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4538dd;
$custom-light: #8d72e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4538dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.727,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47697,
    "c": 0.23656,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4538DD

secondary

#D6DB95

accent

#EE3ADF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4538DD

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

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