#4A38B7#4A38B7

#4A38B7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.190 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38B7
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(249, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(249, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 43.44, -64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 77.80, 303.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.0389 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.19 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7828, 7.7022, 45.6036)
Luminance	0.0770 (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

#4A38B7 #A5B738

analogous

#3866B7 #4A38B7 #8A38B7

triadic

#4A38B7 #B74A38 #38B74A

tetradic

#4A38B7 #B73866 #A5B738 #38B78A

square

#4A38B7 #B73866 #A5B738 #38B78A

split-complementary

#4A38B7 #B78A38 #66B738

monochromatic

#241B59 #372A88 #4A38B7 #6E5ECE #988DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#4A38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4A38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38B7

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38B7	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.190 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970ce',
    500: '#4a38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38b7;
$custom-light: #8970ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.504,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44414,
    "c": 0.18995,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38B7

secondary

#BDC784

accent

#DD4BC8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38B7

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

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