#4A38DD#4A38DD

#4A38DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.235 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38DD
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 221)
HSL	hsl(247, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(247, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 74.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 55.11, -80.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 97.79, 304.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.0314 -0.2334)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.235 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2851, 9.5032, 69.3160)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A38DD #CBDD38

analogous

#3879DD #4A38DD #9C38DD

triadic

#4A38DD #DD4A38 #38DD4A

tetradic

#4A38DD #DD3879 #CBDD38 #38DD9C

square

#4A38DD #DD3879 #CBDD38 #38DD9C

split-complementary

#4A38DD #DD9C38 #79DD38

monochromatic

#231784 #301FB8 #4A38DD #7A6CE6 #A9A1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#4A38DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4A38DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38DD

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38DD	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.235 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9072e9',
    500: '#4a38dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38dd;
$custom-light: #9072e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.545,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4804,
    "c": 0.23547,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38DD

secondary

#D4DB95

accent

#EE3ADA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38DD

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

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