#4D38C7#4D38C7

#4D38C7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.209 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38C7
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, 48.79, -71.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 86.26, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% 0.0401 -0.2051)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.209 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7803, 8.5286, 54.8891)
Luminance	0.0853 (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

#4D38C7 #B2C738

analogous

#386BC7 #4D38C7 #9438C7

triadic

#4D38C7 #C74D38 #38C74D

tetradic

#4D38C7 #C7386B #B2C738 #38C794

square

#4D38C7 #C7386B #B2C738 #38C794

split-complementary

#4D38C7 #C79438 #6BC738

monochromatic

#281D67 #3B2B97 #4D38C7 #7868D4 #A298E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#4D38C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4D38C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38C7

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38C7	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.209 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71d9',
    500: '#4d38c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38c7;
$custom-light: #8d71d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.811,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46138,
    "c": 0.20902,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38C7

secondary

#C4CD8D

accent

#DF48C9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38C7

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

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