#4C38D7#4C38D7

#4C38D7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.228 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38D7
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(248, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, 53.52, -78.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 94.63, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.0354 -0.2253)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.228 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6565, 9.2698, 65.1883)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.67

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C38D7 #C3D738

analogous

#3873D7 #4C38D7 #9B38D7

triadic

#4C38D7 #D74C38 #38D74C

tetradic

#4C38D7 #D73873 #C3D738 #38D79B

square

#4C38D7 #D73873 #C3D738 #38D79B

split-complementary

#4C38D7 #D79B38 #73D738

monochromatic

#25197C #3523AF #4C38D7 #7A6BE1 #A89EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#4C38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4C38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38D7

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38D7	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.228 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f72e5',
    500: '#4c38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38d7;
$custom-light: #8f72e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.547,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47594,
    "c": 0.22811,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38D7

secondary

#CFD893

accent

#E93ED4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38D7

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

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