#4A38CA#4A38CA

#4A38CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.213 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38CA
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(247, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(247, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 49.32, -72.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 87.96, 304.11°)
OKLab	oklab(46.19% 0.0354 -0.2102)
OKLCH	oklch(46.19% 0.213 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8955, 8.5473, 56.7305)
Luminance	0.0855 (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

#4A38CA #B8CA38

analogous

#386FCA #4A38CA #9338CA

triadic

#4A38CA #CA4A38 #38CA4A

tetradic

#4A38CA #CA386F #B8CA38 #38CA93

square

#4A38CA #CA386F #B8CA38 #38CA93

split-complementary

#4A38CA #CA9338 #6FCA38

monochromatic

#261D6B #37299B #4A38CA #7668D7 #A299E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#4A38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4A38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38CA

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38CA	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.213 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71db',
    500: '#4a38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38ca;
$custom-light: #8c71db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.397,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46188,
    "c": 0.21315,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38CA

secondary

#C7CF8E

accent

#E147CE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38CA

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

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