#4C38D3#4C38D3

#4C38D3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.223 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38D3
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(248, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(248, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.11, 52.31, -76.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.11, 92.57, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.0363 -0.2205)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.223 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1488, 9.0667, 62.5144)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.36

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C38D3 #BFD338

analogous

#3872D3 #4C38D3 #9A38D3

triadic

#4C38D3 #D34C38 #38D34C

tetradic

#4C38D3 #D33872 #BFD338 #38D39A

square

#4C38D3 #D33872 #BFD338 #38D39A

split-complementary

#4C38D3 #D39A38 #72D338

monochromatic

#261A76 #3625A9 #4C38D3 #796ADE #A69CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#4C38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#4C38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38D3

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38D3	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.223 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71e2',
    500: '#4c38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38d3;
$custom-light: #8f71e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.742,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47205,
    "c": 0.22344,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38D3

secondary

#CCD592

accent

#E741D1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38D3

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

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