#4538E1#4538E1

#4538E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.241 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4538E1
RGB	rgb(69, 56, 225)
HSL	hsl(245, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(245, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 55.83, -83.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 100.04, 303.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.0241 -0.24)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.241 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4546, 9.5282, 72.1388)
Luminance	0.0953 (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

#4538E1 #D4E138

analogous

#3880E1 #4538E1 #9938E1

triadic

#4538E1 #E14538 #38E145

tetradic

#4538E1 #E13880 #D4E138 #38E199

square

#4538E1 #E13880 #D4E138 #38E199

split-complementary

#4538E1 #E19938 #80E138

monochromatic

#1E158A #291DBF #4538E1 #776DE9 #A8A2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#4538E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4538E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4538E1

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4538E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4538E1	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4538e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 56, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.241 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e72ec',
    500: '#4538e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4538e1;
$custom-light: #8e72ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4538e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.481,
    "c": 0.24118,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4538E1

secondary

#D8DE97

accent

#F037E2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4538E1

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

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