#4C38C7#4C38C7

#4C38C7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.209 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38C7
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(248, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 48.66, -71.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 86.30, 304.32°)
OKLab	oklab(46.06% 0.0387 -0.2056)
OKLCH	oklch(46.06% 0.209 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7002, 8.4873, 54.8853)
Luminance	0.0849 (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

#4C38C7 #B3C738

analogous

#386BC7 #4C38C7 #9438C7

triadic

#4C38C7 #C74C38 #38C74C

tetradic

#4C38C7 #C7386B #B3C738 #38C794

square

#4C38C7 #C7386B #B3C738 #38C794

split-complementary

#4C38C7 #C79438 #6BC738

monochromatic

#281D67 #3A2B97 #4C38C7 #7768D4 #A298E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#4C38C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4C38C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38C7

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38C7	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.209 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71d9',
    500: '#4c38c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38c7;
$custom-light: #8c71d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.392,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46058,
    "c": 0.20919,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38C7

secondary

#C4CD8D

accent

#DF48CA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38C7

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

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