#4C38CB#4C38CB

#4C38CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.214 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38CB
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(248, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, 49.88, -72.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 88.41, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.44% 0.0379 -0.2106)
OKLCH	oklch(46.44% 0.214 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1707, 8.6755, 57.3634)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.22

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C38CB #B7CB38

analogous

#386DCB #4C38CB #9538CB

triadic

#4C38CB #CB4C38 #38CB4C

tetradic

#4C38CB #CB386D #B7CB38 #38CB95

square

#4C38CB #CB386D #B7CB38 #38CB95

split-complementary

#4C38CB #CB9538 #6DCB38

monochromatic

#271C6C #39299D #4C38CB #7869D8 #A399E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#4C38CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#4C38CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38CB

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38CB	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.214 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71dc',
    500: '#4c38cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38cb;
$custom-light: #8d71dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.163,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46437,
    "c": 0.21398,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38CB

secondary

#C7D08F

accent

#E246CD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38CB

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

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