#4B38CE#4B38CE

#4B38CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.218 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38CE
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 206)
HSL	hsl(248, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(248, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.56, 50.67, -74.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.56, 90.02, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(46.65% 0.036 -0.2147)
OKLCH	oklch(46.65% 0.218 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4528, 8.7792, 59.2608)
Luminance	0.0878 (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

#4B38CE #BBCE38

analogous

#3870CE #4B38CE #9638CE

triadic

#4B38CE #CE4B38 #38CE4B

tetradic

#4B38CE #CE3870 #BBCE38 #38CE96

square

#4B38CE #CE3870 #BBCE38 #38CE96

split-complementary

#4B38CE #CE9638 #70CE38

monochromatic

#261C70 #3728A1 #4B38CE #7769DA #A49AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#4B38CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4B38CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38CE

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38CE	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.218 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71de',
    500: '#4b38ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38ce;
$custom-light: #8d71de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46647,
    "c": 0.21772,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38CE

secondary

#CAD290

accent

#E444CF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38CE

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

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