#4A38BE#4A38BE

#4A38BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.199 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38BE
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(248, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(248, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, 45.62, -67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 81.59, 303.99°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.0377 -0.195)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.199 281)
XYZ	xyz(13.5296, 8.0009, 49.5366)
Luminance	0.0800 (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

#4A38BE #ACBE38

analogous

#3869BE #4A38BE #8D38BE

triadic

#4A38BE #BE4A38 #38BE4A

tetradic

#4A38BE #BE3869 #ACBE38 #38BE8D

square

#4A38BE #BE3869 #ACBE38 #38BE8D

split-complementary

#4A38BE #BE8D38 #69BE38

monochromatic

#251C5F #382A8F #4A38BE #7162D1 #9C92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#4A38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4A38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38BE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38BE	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.199 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71d3',
    500: '#4a38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38be;
$custom-light: #8a71d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.06,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45058,
    "c": 0.19861,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.08002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38BE

secondary

#C1CA88

accent

#DE4ACA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38BE

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

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