#4A38BA#4A38BA

#4A38BA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.194 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38BA
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(248, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(248, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 69.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, 44.37, -65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 79.43, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0384 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.194 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0984, 7.8284, 47.2657)
Luminance	0.0783 (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

#4A38BA #A8BA38

analogous

#3867BA #4A38BA #8B38BA

triadic

#4A38BA #BA4A38 #38BA4A

tetradic

#4A38BA #BA3867 #A8BA38 #38BA8B

square

#4A38BA #BA3867 #A8BA38 #38BA8B

split-complementary

#4A38BA #BA8B38 #67BA38

monochromatic

#251C5C #372A8B #4A38BA #6F60CF #9A8FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#4A38BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4A38BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38BA

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38BA	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.194 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970d0',
    500: '#4a38ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38ba;
$custom-light: #8970d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44688,
    "c": 0.19368,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38BA

secondary

#BFC886

accent

#DD4BC9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38BA

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

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