#4C38D8#4C38D8

#4C38D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.229 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38D8
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 216)
HSL	hsl(248, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, 53.82, -78.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 95.15, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.0352 -0.2266)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.229 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7854, 9.3213, 65.8671)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C38D8 #C4D838

analogous

#3874D8 #4C38D8 #9C38D8

triadic

#4C38D8 #D84C38 #38D84C

tetradic

#4C38D8 #D83874 #C4D838 #38D89C

square

#4C38D8 #D83874 #C4D838 #38D89C

split-complementary

#4C38D8 #D89C38 #74D838

monochromatic

#25197D #3423B0 #4C38D8 #7A6BE2 #A89EEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4C38D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4C38D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38D8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38D8	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.229 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9072e5',
    500: '#4c38d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38d8;
$custom-light: #9072e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47692,
    "c": 0.22927,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38D8

secondary

#D0D893

accent

#EA3ED5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38D8

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

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