#4A38E1#4A38E1

#4A38E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.240 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A38E1
RGB	rgb(74, 56, 225)
HSL	hsl(246, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(246, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 56.31, -82.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 99.82, 304.34°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% 0.0305 -0.2381)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.24 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8244, 9.7189, 72.1562)
Luminance	0.0972 (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

#4A38E1 #CFE138

analogous

#387AE1 #4A38E1 #9F38E1

triadic

#4A38E1 #E14A38 #38E14A

tetradic

#4A38E1 #E1387A #CFE138 #38E19F

square

#4A38E1 #E1387A #CFE138 #38E19F

split-complementary

#4A38E1 #E19F38 #7AE138

monochromatic

#21158A #2E1DBF #4A38E1 #7A6DE9 #ABA2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#4A38E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4A38E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A38E1

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A38E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A38E1	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a38e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 56, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.240 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9072ec',
    500: '#4a38e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a38e1;
$custom-light: #9072ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a38e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.391,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48438,
    "c": 0.24008,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A38E1

secondary

#D6DE97

accent

#F037DD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A38E1

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

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