#4B38D3#4B38D3

#4B38D3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.224 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38D3
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(247, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(247, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.03, 52.19, -76.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.03, 92.62, 304.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.13% 0.0349 -0.2209)
OKLCH	oklch(47.13% 0.224 279)
XYZ	xyz(16.0699, 9.0260, 62.5107)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.46

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B38D3 #C0D338

analogous

#3872D3 #4B38D3 #9938D3

triadic

#4B38D3 #D34B38 #38D34B

tetradic

#4B38D3 #D33872 #C0D338 #38D399

square

#4B38D3 #D33872 #C0D338 #38D399

split-complementary

#4B38D3 #D39938 #72D338

monochromatic

#251A76 #3525A9 #4B38D3 #786ADE #A69CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#4B38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#4B38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38D3

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38D3	1.00	7.49	2.81	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.224 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71e2',
    500: '#4b38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38d3;
$custom-light: #8e71e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.355,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4713,
    "c": 0.22363,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.09027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38D3

secondary

#CDD592

accent

#E741D2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38D3

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

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