#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
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(248, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.99, 48.83, -71.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.99, 86.87, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% 0.0372 -0.2073)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.211 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7378, 8.4932, 55.4951)
Luminance	0.0849 (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

#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
##4B38C8	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4B38C8

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

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