#4B38C8#4B38C8

#4B38C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.211 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B38C8
RGBrgb(75, 56, 200)
HSLhsl(248, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(248, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(62.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(34.99, 48.83, -71.84)
CIE-LCHlch(34.99, 86.87, 304.21°)
OKLaboklab(46.08% 0.0372 -0.2073)
OKLCHoklch(46.08% 0.211 280.2)
XYZxyz(14.7378, 8.4932, 55.4951)
Luminance0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4B38C8 #B5C838
analogous
#386DC8 #4B38C8 #9338C8
triadic
#4B38C8 #C84B38 #38C84B
tetradic
#4B38C8 #C8386D #B5C838 #38C893
square
#4B38C8 #C8386D #B5C838 #38C893
split-complementary
#4B38C8 #C89338 #6DC838
monochromatic
#271D69 #392A99 #4B38C8 #7668D5 #A298E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78
#4B38C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70
#4B38C8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38C8
7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B38C8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4B38C81.007.782.707.78
#FFFFFF7.781.0021.001.00
#0000002.7021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0058CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004DC5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00607C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.211 280.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71da',
    500: '#4b38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b38c8;
$custom-light: #8c71da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46075,
    "c": 0.21057,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B38C8
secondary
#C6CE8E
accent
#E048CC
background
#F9F6FD
surface
#F2ECFB
border
#CCC7D4
text
#0D0815
muted
#7E7B83

Preview Lab

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#4B38C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva