#4C38CC#4C38CC

#4C38CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.215 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38CC
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(248, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(248, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.45, 50.18, -73.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.45, 88.93, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.53% 0.0377 -0.2118)
OKLCH	oklch(46.53% 0.215 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2903, 8.7233, 57.9930)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.20

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C38CC #B8CC38

analogous

#386ECC #4C38CC #9638CC

triadic

#4C38CC #CC4C38 #38CC4C

tetradic

#4C38CC #CC386E #B8CC38 #38CC96

square

#4C38CC #CC386E #B8CC38 #38CC96

split-complementary

#4C38CC #CC9638 #6ECC38

monochromatic

#271C6E #38299E #4C38CC #7869D8 #A499E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#4C38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#4C38CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38CC

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38CC	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.215 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71dd',
    500: '#4c38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38cc;
$custom-light: #8d71dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.108,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46533,
    "c": 0.21516,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38CC

secondary

#C8D18F

accent

#E245CD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38CC

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

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