#4A38CB#4A38CB

#4A38CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.214 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38CB
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(247, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(247, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.19, 49.63, -73.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.19, 88.49, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(46.28% 0.0352 -0.2114)
OKLCH	oklch(46.28% 0.214 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0143, 8.5948, 57.3561)
Luminance	0.0860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A38CB #B9CB38

analogous

#386FCB #4A38CB #9338CB

triadic

#4A38CB #CB4A38 #38CB4A

tetradic

#4A38CB #CB386F #B9CB38 #38CB93

square

#4A38CB #CB386F #B9CB38 #38CB93

split-complementary

#4A38CB #CB9338 #6FCB38

monochromatic

#261C6C #37299D #4A38CB #7669D8 #A299E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#4A38CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4A38CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38CB

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38CB	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.214 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71dc',
    500: '#4a38cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38cb;
$custom-light: #8c71dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.347,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46284,
    "c": 0.21435,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38CB

secondary

#C8D08F

accent

#E246CF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38CB

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

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