#4A38D0#4A38D0

#4A38D0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.220 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38D0
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 208)
HSL	hsl(247, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(247, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.67, 51.16, -75.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.67, 91.10, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(46.77% 0.0342 -0.2176)
OKLCH	oklch(46.77% 0.22 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6197, 8.8370, 60.5449)
Luminance	0.0884 (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

#4A38D0 #BED038

analogous

#3872D0 #4A38D0 #9638D0

triadic

#4A38D0 #D04A38 #38D04A

tetradic

#4A38D0 #D03872 #BED038 #38D096

square

#4A38D0 #D03872 #BED038 #38D096

split-complementary

#4A38D0 #D09638 #72D038

monochromatic

#251B73 #3627A4 #4A38D0 #776ADC #A49BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#4A38D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#4A38D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38D0

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38D0	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.220 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71e0',
    500: '#4a38d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38d0;
$custom-light: #8d71e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.105,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46765,
    "c": 0.22028,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38D0

secondary

#CBD391

accent

#E543D2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38D0

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

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