#4C38B2#4C38B2

#4C38B2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.183 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38B2
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(250, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, 42.19, -62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 75.00, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.0425 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.183 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4281, 7.5784, 42.9187)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.68

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C38B2 #9EB238

analogous

#3861B2 #4C38B2 #8938B2

triadic

#4C38B2 #B24C38 #38B24C

tetradic

#4C38B2 #B23861 #9EB238 #38B289

square

#4C38B2 #B23861 #9EB238 #38B289

split-complementary

#4C38B2 #B28938 #61B238

monochromatic

#241B55 #382983 #4C38B2 #6E5CCC #978ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#4C38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4C38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38B2

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38B2	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.183 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970ca',
    500: '#4c38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38b2;
$custom-light: #8970ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.836,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44131,
    "c": 0.18341,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38B2

secondary

#B9C581

accent

#DC4CC4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38B2

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

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