#4B38AC#4B38AC

#4B38AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.176 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38AC
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(250, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 40.16, -59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 71.72, 304.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% 0.042 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.176 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7599, 7.3021, 39.8115)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.95

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B38AC #99AC38

analogous

#385FAC #4B38AC #8538AC

triadic

#4B38AC #AC4B38 #38AC4B

tetradic

#4B38AC #AC385F #99AC38 #38AC85

square

#4B38AC #AC385F #99AC38 #38AC85

split-complementary

#4B38AC #AC8538 #5FAC38

monochromatic

#231A50 #37297E #4B38AC #6B58C9 #9487D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#4B38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4B38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38AC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38AC	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.176 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770c6',
    500: '#4b38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38ac;
$custom-light: #8770c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.828,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43515,
    "c": 0.17595,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38AC

secondary

#B7C27E

accent

#DA4DC3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38AC

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

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