#4A38C5#4A38C5

#4A38C5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.207 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38C5
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(248, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 47.78, -70.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 85.32, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.0364 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.207 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3131, 8.3143, 53.6631)
Luminance	0.0832 (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

#4A38C5 #B3C538

analogous

#386CC5 #4A38C5 #9138C5

triadic

#4A38C5 #C54A38 #38C54A

tetradic

#4A38C5 #C5386C #B3C538 #38C591

square

#4A38C5 #C5386C #B3C538 #38C591

split-complementary

#4A38C5 #C59138 #6CC538

monochromatic

#261D66 #382A95 #4A38C5 #7467D4 #A096E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#4A38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4A38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38C5

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38C5	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.207 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71d8',
    500: '#4a38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38c5;
$custom-light: #8b71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.66,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45713,
    "c": 0.20714,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38C5

secondary

#C4CD8C

accent

#DF49CC

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38C5

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

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