#4D38C4#4D38C4

#4D38C4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.205 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38C4
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, 47.87, -69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 84.67, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% 0.0407 -0.2013)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.205 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4354, 8.3906, 53.0727)
Luminance	0.0839 (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

#4D38C4 #AFC438

analogous

#3869C4 #4D38C4 #9338C4

triadic

#4D38C4 #C44D38 #38C44D

tetradic

#4D38C4 #C43869 #AFC438 #38C493

square

#4D38C4 #C43869 #AFC438 #38C493

split-complementary

#4D38C4 #C49338 #69C438

monochromatic

#281D65 #3A2A94 #4D38C4 #7666D3 #A196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#4D38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4D38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38C4

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38C4	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.205 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71d7',
    500: '#4d38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38c4;
$custom-light: #8c71d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45857,
    "c": 0.20541,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38C4

secondary

#C3CC8C

accent

#DF49C8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38C4

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

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