#4A38CF#4A38CF

#4A38CF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.219 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38CF
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 207)
HSL	hsl(247, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(247, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, 50.86, -74.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 90.58, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(46.67% 0.0344 -0.2164)
OKLCH	oklch(46.67% 0.219 279)
XYZ	xyz(15.4971, 8.7879, 59.8990)
Luminance	0.0879 (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

#4A38CF #BDCF38

analogous

#3872CF #4A38CF #9638CF

triadic

#4A38CF #CF4A38 #38CF4A

tetradic

#4A38CF #CF3872 #BDCF38 #38CF96

square

#4A38CF #CF3872 #BDCF38 #38CF96

split-complementary

#4A38CF #CF9638 #72CF38

monochromatic

#261B71 #3627A3 #4A38CF #7769DB #A49BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#4A38CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4A38CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38CF

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38CF	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.219 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71df',
    500: '#4a38cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38cf;
$custom-light: #8d71df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.152,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46668,
    "c": 0.2191,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.08789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38CF

secondary

#CBD390

accent

#E444D1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38CF

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

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