#4B38C4#4B38C4

#4B38C4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.206 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38C4
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(248, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(248, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, 47.61, -70.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 84.75, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% 0.038 -0.2022)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.206 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2765, 8.3087, 53.0653)
Luminance	0.0831 (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

#4B38C4 #B1C438

analogous

#386BC4 #4B38C4 #9138C4

triadic

#4B38C4 #C44B38 #38C44B

tetradic

#4B38C4 #C4386B #B1C438 #38C491

square

#4B38C4 #C4386B #B1C438 #38C491

split-complementary

#4B38C4 #C49138 #6BC438

monochromatic

#271D65 #392A94 #4B38C4 #7566D3 #A096E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#4B38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4B38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38C4

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38C4	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.206 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71d7',
    500: '#4b38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38c4;
$custom-light: #8b71d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45697,
    "c": 0.20574,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38C4

secondary

#C3CC8C

accent

#DF49CB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38C4

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

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