#4C38D9#4C38D9

#4C38D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.230 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38D9
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(247, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(247, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, 54.12, -78.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 95.66, 304.45°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.0349 -0.2278)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.23 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9150, 9.3732, 66.5500)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C38D9 #C5D938

analogous

#3875D9 #4C38D9 #9C38D9

triadic

#4C38D9 #D94C38 #38D94C

tetradic

#4C38D9 #D93875 #C5D938 #38D99C

square

#4C38D9 #D93875 #C5D938 #38D99C

split-complementary

#4C38D9 #D99C38 #75D938

monochromatic

#25187E #3422B2 #4C38D9 #7A6BE3 #A89FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#4C38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4C38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38D9

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38D9	1.00	7.30	2.87	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.230 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9072e6',
    500: '#4c38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38d9;
$custom-light: #9072e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.453,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4779,
    "c": 0.23043,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38D9

secondary

#D0D994

accent

#EB3DD5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38D9

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

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