#4A38C6#4A38C6

#4A38C6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.208 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38C6
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(248, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.72, 48.09, -71.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.72, 85.85, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% 0.0362 -0.2052)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.208 280)
XYZ	xyz(14.4280, 8.3603, 54.2685)
Luminance	0.0836 (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

#4A38C6 #B4C638

analogous

#386DC6 #4A38C6 #9138C6

triadic

#4A38C6 #C64A38 #38C64A

tetradic

#4A38C6 #C6386D #B4C638 #38C691

square

#4A38C6 #C6386D #B4C638 #38C691

split-complementary

#4A38C6 #C69138 #6DC638

monochromatic

#261D67 #382B96 #4A38C6 #7567D4 #A097E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#4A38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4A38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38C6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38C6	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.208 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71d8',
    500: '#4a38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38c6;
$custom-light: #8b71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.606,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45808,
    "c": 0.20834,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.08361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38C6

secondary

#C5CD8D

accent

#DF49CC

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38C6

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

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