#4938DD#4938DD

#4938DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.236 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4938DD
RGB	rgb(73, 56, 221)
HSL	hsl(246, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(246, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 74.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, 55.01, -80.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 97.83, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.0301 -0.2338)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.236 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2087, 9.4638, 69.3124)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.38

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4938DD #CCDD38

analogous

#387ADD #4938DD #9C38DD

triadic

#4938DD #DD4938 #38DD49

tetradic

#4938DD #DD387A #CCDD38 #38DD9C

square

#4938DD #DD387A #CCDD38 #38DD9C

split-complementary

#4938DD #DD9C38 #7ADD38

monochromatic

#221784 #2F1FB8 #4938DD #796CE6 #A9A1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#4938DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4938DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4938DD

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4938DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4938DD	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4938dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 56, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.236 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f72e9',
    500: '#4938dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4938dd;
$custom-light: #8f72e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4938dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.182,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47969,
    "c": 0.23569,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4938DD

secondary

#D4DB95

accent

#EE3ADB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4938DD

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

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