#4B38D9#4B38D9

#4B38D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.231 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38D9
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(247, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(247, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.62, 54.01, -79.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.62, 95.70, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.0336 -0.2282)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.231 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8362, 9.3325, 66.5463)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.91

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B38D9 #C6D938

analogous

#3875D9 #4B38D9 #9B38D9

triadic

#4B38D9 #D94B38 #38D94B

tetradic

#4B38D9 #D93875 #C6D938 #38D99B

square

#4B38D9 #D93875 #C6D938 #38D99B

split-complementary

#4B38D9 #D99B38 #75D938

monochromatic

#24187E #3322B2 #4B38D9 #796BE3 #A89FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4B38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4B38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38D9

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38D9	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.231 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f72e6',
    500: '#4b38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38d9;
$custom-light: #8f72e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.081,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47717,
    "c": 0.23064,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38D9

secondary

#D1D994

accent

#EB3DD6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38D9

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

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