#4A38CC#4A38CC

#4A38CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.216 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38CC
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(247, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(247, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.29, 49.94, -73.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.29, 89.01, 304.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.38% 0.035 -0.2127)
OKLCH	oklch(46.38% 0.216 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1338, 8.6426, 57.9857)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.44

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A38CC #BACC38

analogous

#3870CC #4A38CC #9438CC

triadic

#4A38CC #CC4A38 #38CC4A

tetradic

#4A38CC #CC3870 #BACC38 #38CC94

square

#4A38CC #CC3870 #BACC38 #38CC94

split-complementary

#4A38CC #CC9438 #70CC38

monochromatic

#261C6E #37299E #4A38CC #7669D8 #A399E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#4A38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4A38CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38CC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38CC	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.216 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71dd',
    500: '#4a38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38cc;
$custom-light: #8c71dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.297,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4638,
    "c": 0.21554,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38CC

secondary

#C9D18F

accent

#E245CF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38CC

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

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