#4D38C8#4D38C8

#4D38C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.210 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38C8
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, 49.09, -71.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 86.79, 304.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.23% 0.0399 -0.2064)
OKLCH	oklch(46.23% 0.21 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8968, 8.5752, 55.5025)
Luminance	0.0858 (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

#4D38C8 #B3C838

analogous

#386BC8 #4D38C8 #9538C8

triadic

#4D38C8 #C84D38 #38C84D

tetradic

#4D38C8 #C8386B #B3C838 #38C895

square

#4D38C8 #C8386B #B3C838 #38C895

split-complementary

#4D38C8 #C89538 #6BC838

monochromatic

#281D69 #3A2A99 #4D38C8 #7868D5 #A398E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#4D38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4D38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38C8

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38C8	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.210 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71da',
    500: '#4d38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38c8;
$custom-light: #8d71da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46232,
    "c": 0.21022,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38C8

secondary

#C5CE8E

accent

#E048CA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38C8

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

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