#4A38C8#4A38C8

#4A38C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.211 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38C8
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(248, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, 48.71, -71.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 86.91, 304.09°)
OKLab	oklab(46% 0.0358 -0.2077)
OKLCH	oklch(46% 0.211 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6602, 8.4532, 55.4915)
Luminance	0.0845 (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

#4A38C8 #B6C838

analogous

#386EC8 #4A38C8 #9238C8

triadic

#4A38C8 #C84A38 #38C84A

tetradic

#4A38C8 #C8386E #B6C838 #38C892

square

#4A38C8 #C8386E #B6C838 #38C892

split-complementary

#4A38C8 #C89238 #6EC838

monochromatic

#261D69 #382A99 #4A38C8 #7668D5 #A198E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#4A38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4A38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38C8

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38C8	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.211 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71da',
    500: '#4a38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38c8;
$custom-light: #8c71da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45997,
    "c": 0.21075,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38C8

secondary

#C6CE8E

accent

#E048CD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38C8

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

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