#4938C5#4938C5

#4938C5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.207 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4938C5
RGB	rgb(73, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(247, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(247, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.55, 47.65, -70.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.55, 85.36, 303.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% 0.0351 -0.2043)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.207 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2367, 8.2749, 53.6595)
Luminance	0.0828 (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

#4938C5 #B4C538

analogous

#386EC5 #4938C5 #9038C5

triadic

#4938C5 #C54938 #38C549

tetradic

#4938C5 #C5386E #B4C538 #38C590

square

#4938C5 #C5386E #B4C538 #38C590

split-complementary

#4938C5 #C59038 #6EC538

monochromatic

#261D66 #372A95 #4938C5 #7467D4 #9F96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#4938C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4938C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4938C5

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4938C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4938C5	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4938c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.207 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71d8',
    500: '#4938c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4938c5;
$custom-light: #8b71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4938c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.234,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45636,
    "c": 0.20732,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4938C5

secondary

#C5CD8C

accent

#DF49CD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4938C5

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

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