#4B38B2#4B38B2

#4B38B2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.184 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38B2
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(249, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(249, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 42.03, -62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 75.03, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.0411 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.184 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3492, 7.5378, 42.9150)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.69

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B38B2 #9FB238

analogous

#3862B2 #4B38B2 #8838B2

triadic

#4B38B2 #B24B38 #38B24B

tetradic

#4B38B2 #B23862 #9FB238 #38B288

square

#4B38B2 #B23862 #9FB238 #38B288

split-complementary

#4B38B2 #B28838 #62B238

monochromatic

#241B55 #372983 #4B38B2 #6D5CCC #978ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#4B38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4B38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38B2

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38B2	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#115870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.184 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870ca',
    500: '#4b38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38b2;
$custom-light: #8870ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.344,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44046,
    "c": 0.18355,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38B2

secondary

#BAC581

accent

#DC4CC5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38B2

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