#4A38D7#4A38D7

#4A38D7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.229 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38D7
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(247, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(247, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 53.29, -78.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 94.72, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% 0.0327 -0.2262)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.229 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5000, 9.1891, 65.1810)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.81

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A38D7 #C5D738

analogous

#3876D7 #4A38D7 #9938D7

triadic

#4A38D7 #D74A38 #38D74A

tetradic

#4A38D7 #D73876 #C5D738 #38D799

square

#4A38D7 #D73876 #C5D738 #38D799

split-complementary

#4A38D7 #D79938 #76D738

monochromatic

#24197C #3323AF #4A38D7 #786BE1 #A79EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#4A38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4A38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38D7

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38D7	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.229 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e72e5',
    500: '#4a38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38d7;
$custom-light: #8e72e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.792,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47448,
    "c": 0.22852,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38D7

secondary

#D0D893

accent

#E93ED6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38D7

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

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