#4C38CA#4C38CA

#4C38CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.213 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38CA
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(248, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, 49.57, -72.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 87.88, 304.34°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% 0.0381 -0.2093)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.213 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0520, 8.6280, 56.7378)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.26

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C38CA #B6CA38

analogous

#386DCA #4C38CA #9538CA

triadic

#4C38CA #CA4C38 #38CA4C

tetradic

#4C38CA #CA386D #B6CA38 #38CA95

square

#4C38CA #CA386D #B6CA38 #38CA95

split-complementary

#4C38CA #CA9538 #6DCA38

monochromatic

#271D6B #39299B #4C38CA #7768D7 #A399E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#4C38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4C38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38CA

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38CA	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.213 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71db',
    500: '#4c38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38ca;
$custom-light: #8d71db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.219,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46342,
    "c": 0.21279,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38CA

secondary

#C6CF8E

accent

#E147CC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38CA

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

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