#4B38E1#4B38E1

#4B38E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.240 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B38E1
RGB	rgb(75, 56, 225)
HSL	hsl(247, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(247, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 56.41, -82.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 99.77, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.0318 -0.2377)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.24 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9020, 9.7589, 72.1598)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B38E1 #CEE138

analogous

#3879E1 #4B38E1 #A038E1

triadic

#4B38E1 #E14B38 #38E14B

tetradic

#4B38E1 #E13879 #CEE138 #38E1A0

square

#4B38E1 #E13879 #CEE138 #38E1A0

split-complementary

#4B38E1 #E1A038 #79E138

monochromatic

#22158A #2F1DBF #4B38E1 #7B6DE9 #ABA2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#4B38E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4B38E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B38E1

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B38E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B38E1	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b38e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 56, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.240 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9172ec',
    500: '#4b38e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b38e1;
$custom-light: #9172ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b38e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.746,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48508,
    "c": 0.23987,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B38E1

secondary

#D6DE97

accent

#F037DC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B38E1

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

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