#4D38C3#4D38C3

#4D38C3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.204 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38C3
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(249, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, 47.57, -69.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 84.14, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(45.76% 0.0409 -0.2001)
OKLCH	oklch(45.76% 0.204 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3220, 8.3452, 52.4753)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D38C3 #AEC338

analogous

#3869C3 #4D38C3 #9338C3

triadic

#4D38C3 #C34D38 #38C34D

tetradic

#4D38C3 #C33869 #AEC338 #38C393

square

#4D38C3 #C33869 #AEC338 #38C393

split-complementary

#4D38C3 #C39338 #69C338

monochromatic

#271D64 #3A2A93 #4D38C3 #7665D3 #A095E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#4D38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4D38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38C3

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38C3	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.204 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71d6',
    500: '#4d38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38c3;
$custom-light: #8c71d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.065,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45763,
    "c": 0.20421,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38C3

secondary

#C2CC8B

accent

#DF49C8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38C3

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

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