#4A38BD#4A38BD

#4A38BD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.197 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38BD
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(248, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(248, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 45.30, -67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 81.05, 303.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.97% 0.0379 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(44.97% 0.197 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4206, 7.9574, 48.9630)
Luminance	0.0796 (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

#4A38BD #ABBD38

analogous

#3869BD #4A38BD #8C38BD

triadic

#4A38BD #BD4A38 #38BD4A

tetradic

#4A38BD #BD3869 #ABBD38 #38BD8C

square

#4A38BD #BD3869 #ABBD38 #38BD8C

split-complementary

#4A38BD #BD8C38 #69BD38

monochromatic

#251C5F #382A8E #4A38BD #7162D0 #9B91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#4A38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4A38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38BD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38BD	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.197 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70d2',
    500: '#4a38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38bd;
$custom-light: #8a70d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.12,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44965,
    "c": 0.19738,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38BD

secondary

#C0C987

accent

#DE4ACA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38BD

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

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