#4A38CE#4A38CE

#4A38CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.218 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38CE
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 206)
HSL	hsl(247, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(247, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 72.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.48, 50.55, -74.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.48, 90.06, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(46.57% 0.0346 -0.2151)
OKLCH	oklch(46.57% 0.218 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3752, 8.7392, 59.2571)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.42

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A38CE #BCCE38

analogous

#3871CE #4A38CE #9538CE

triadic

#4A38CE #CE4A38 #38CE4A

tetradic

#4A38CE #CE3871 #BCCE38 #38CE95

square

#4A38CE #CE3871 #BCCE38 #38CE95

split-complementary

#4A38CE #CE9538 #71CE38

monochromatic

#261C70 #3628A1 #4A38CE #7769DA #A39AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#4A38CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4A38CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38CE

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38CE	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.218 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71de',
    500: '#4a38ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38ce;
$custom-light: #8d71de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46572,
    "c": 0.21792,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38CE

secondary

#CAD290

accent

#E444D0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38CE

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

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