#4A38C3#4A38C3

#4A38C3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.205 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38C3
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(248, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(248, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.44, 47.16, -69.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.44, 84.26, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.53% 0.0368 -0.2014)
OKLCH	oklch(45.53% 0.205 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0854, 8.2233, 52.4642)
Luminance	0.0822 (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

#4A38C3 #B1C338

analogous

#386CC3 #4A38C3 #9038C3

triadic

#4A38C3 #C34A38 #38C34A

tetradic

#4A38C3 #C3386C #B1C338 #38C390

square

#4A38C3 #C3386C #B1C338 #38C390

split-complementary

#4A38C3 #C39038 #6CC338

monochromatic

#261D64 #382A93 #4A38C3 #7465D3 #9F95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#4A38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4A38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38C3

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38C3	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.205 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71d6',
    500: '#4a38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38c3;
$custom-light: #8b71d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.77,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45525,
    "c": 0.20471,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38C3

secondary

#C3CC8B

accent

#DF49CB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38C3

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

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