#4A38D9#4A38D9

#4A38D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.231 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38D9
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(247, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(247, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, 53.90, -79.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 95.75, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.0323 -0.2286)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.231 278)
XYZ	xyz(16.7586, 9.2925, 66.5427)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.97

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A38D9 #C7D938

analogous

#3876D9 #4A38D9 #9A38D9

triadic

#4A38D9 #D94A38 #38D94A

tetradic

#4A38D9 #D93876 #C7D938 #38D99A

square

#4A38D9 #D93876 #C7D938 #38D99A

split-complementary

#4A38D9 #D99A38 #76D938

monochromatic

#24187E #3222B2 #4A38D9 #796BE3 #A79FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#4A38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4A38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38D9

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38D9	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.231 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f72e6',
    500: '#4a38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38d9;
$custom-light: #8f72e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.708,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47644,
    "c": 0.23084,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.09294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38D9

secondary

#D1D994

accent

#EB3DD7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38D9

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

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