#4938C6#4938C6

#4938C6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.209 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4938C6
RGB	rgb(73, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(247, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(247, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.64, 47.96, -71.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.64, 85.89, 303.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.73% 0.0349 -0.2056)
OKLCH	oklch(45.73% 0.209 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3516, 8.3209, 54.2649)
Luminance	0.0832 (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

#4938C6 #B5C638

analogous

#386EC6 #4938C6 #9038C6

triadic

#4938C6 #C64938 #38C649

tetradic

#4938C6 #C6386E #B5C638 #38C690

square

#4938C6 #C6386E #B5C638 #38C690

split-complementary

#4938C6 #C69038 #6EC638

monochromatic

#261D67 #372B96 #4938C6 #7467D4 #A097E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#4938C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4938C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4938C6

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4938C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4938C6	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4938c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.209 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71d8',
    500: '#4938c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4938c6;
$custom-light: #8b71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4938c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.183,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45731,
    "c": 0.20853,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4938C6

secondary

#C5CD8D

accent

#DF49CD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4938C6

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

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