#4B38CA#4B38CA

#4B38CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.213 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38CA
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(248, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.18, 49.45, -72.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.18, 87.92, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(46.27% 0.0368 -0.2098)
OKLCH	oklch(46.27% 0.213 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9731, 8.5873, 56.7341)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.38

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B38CA #B7CA38

analogous

#386ECA #4B38CA #9438CA

triadic

#4B38CA #CA4B38 #38CA4B

tetradic

#4B38CA #CA386E #B7CA38 #38CA94

square

#4B38CA #CA386E #B7CA38 #38CA94

split-complementary

#4B38CA #CA9438 #6ECA38

monochromatic

#271D6B #38299B #4B38CA #7768D7 #A299E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#4B38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4B38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38CA

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38CA	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.213 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71db',
    500: '#4b38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38ca;
$custom-light: #8c71db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.808,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46265,
    "c": 0.21296,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38CA

secondary

#C7CF8E

accent

#E147CD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38CA

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

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