#4B38C6#4B38C6

#4B38C6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.208 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38C6
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(248, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, 48.22, -70.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 85.81, 304.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.0376 -0.2047)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.208 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5056, 8.4003, 54.2722)
Luminance	0.0840 (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

#4B38C6 #B3C638

analogous

#386CC6 #4B38C6 #9238C6

triadic

#4B38C6 #C64B38 #38C64B

tetradic

#4B38C6 #C6386C #B3C638 #38C692

square

#4B38C6 #C6386C #B3C638 #38C692

split-complementary

#4B38C6 #C69238 #6CC638

monochromatic

#271D67 #392B96 #4B38C6 #7667D4 #A197E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#4B38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4B38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38C6

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38C6	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.208 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71d8',
    500: '#4b38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38c6;
$custom-light: #8c71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.028,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45885,
    "c": 0.20816,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38C6

secondary

#C4CD8D

accent

#DF49CB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38C6

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

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