#4A38BC#4A38BC

#4A38BC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.196 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38BC
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(248, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(248, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 44.99, -66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 80.51, 303.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.87% 0.0381 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(44.87% 0.196 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3125, 7.9141, 48.3933)
Luminance	0.0791 (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

#4A38BC #AABC38

analogous

#3868BC #4A38BC #8C38BC

triadic

#4A38BC #BC4A38 #38BC4A

tetradic

#4A38BC #BC3868 #AABC38 #38BC8C

square

#4A38BC #BC3868 #AABC38 #38BC8C

split-complementary

#4A38BC #BC8C38 #68BC38

monochromatic

#251C5E #372A8D #4A38BC #7061D0 #9B90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#4A38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4A38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38BC

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38BC	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.196 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970d1',
    500: '#4a38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38bc;
$custom-light: #8970d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44872,
    "c": 0.19615,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38BC

secondary

#C0C987

accent

#DD4AC9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38BC

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

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