#4B38CD#4B38CD

#4B38CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.217 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38CD
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(248, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(248, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.46, 50.37, -73.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.46, 89.50, 304.25°)
OKLab	oklab(46.55% 0.0362 -0.2135)
OKLCH	oklch(46.55% 0.217 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3318, 8.7308, 58.6230)
Luminance	0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.30

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B38CD #BACD38

analogous

#386FCD #4B38CD #9538CD

triadic

#4B38CD #CD4B38 #38CD4B

tetradic

#4B38CD #CD386F #BACD38 #38CD95

square

#4B38CD #CD386F #BACD38 #38CD95

split-complementary

#4B38CD #CD9538 #6FCD38

monochromatic

#261C6F #3728A0 #4B38CD #7769D9 #A39AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#4B38CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4B38CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38CD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38CD	1.00	7.65	2.75	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.217 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71de',
    500: '#4b38cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38cd;
$custom-light: #8d71de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.651,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46551,
    "c": 0.21654,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38CD

secondary

#C9D18F

accent

#E345CF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38CD

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

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