#4B38CB#4B38CB

#4B38CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.214 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38CB
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(248, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, 49.75, -73.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 88.45, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% 0.0366 -0.211)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.214 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0919, 8.6348, 57.3597)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.34

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B38CB #B8CB38

analogous

#386ECB #4B38CB #9438CB

triadic

#4B38CB #CB4B38 #38CB4B

tetradic

#4B38CB #CB386E #B8CB38 #38CB94

square

#4B38CB #CB386E #B8CB38 #38CB94

split-complementary

#4B38CB #CB9438 #6ECB38

monochromatic

#271C6C #38299D #4B38CB #7769D8 #A399E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#4B38CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4B38CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38CB

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38CB	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.214 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71dc',
    500: '#4b38cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38cb;
$custom-light: #8d71dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.755,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4636,
    "c": 0.21416,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38CB

secondary

#C8D08F

accent

#E246CE

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38CB

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

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