#4A38AA#4A38AA

#4A38AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.174 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38AA
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(249, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(249, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.23, 39.37, -58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.23, 70.64, 303.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.0409 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.174 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4917, 7.1858, 38.8039)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.09

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A38AA #98AA38

analogous

#385FAA #4A38AA #8338AA

triadic

#4A38AA #AA4A38 #38AA4A

tetradic

#4A38AA #AA385F #98AA38 #38AA83

square

#4A38AA #AA385F #98AA38 #38AA83

split-complementary

#4A38AA #AA8338 #5FAA38

monochromatic

#221A4E #36297C #4A38AA #6957C8 #9285D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#4A38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4A38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38AA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38AA	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.174 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670c4',
    500: '#4a38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38aa;
$custom-light: #8670c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43254,
    "c": 0.17352,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38AA

secondary

#B6C17D

accent

#DA4EC4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38AA

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

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