#4D38CA#4D38CA

#4D38CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.213 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38CA
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(249, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.34, 49.70, -72.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.34, 87.84, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(46.42% 0.0395 -0.2089)
OKLCH	oklch(46.42% 0.213 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1320, 8.6693, 56.7416)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.14

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D38CA #B5CA38

analogous

#386CCA #4D38CA #9638CA

triadic

#4D38CA #CA4D38 #38CA4D

tetradic

#4D38CA #CA386C #B5CA38 #38CA96

square

#4D38CA #CA386C #B5CA38 #38CA96

split-complementary

#4D38CA #CA9638 #6CCA38

monochromatic

#281D6B #3A299B #4D38CA #7868D7 #A399E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#4D38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4D38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38CA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38CA	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.213 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71db',
    500: '#4d38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38ca;
$custom-light: #8d71db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.63,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46421,
    "c": 0.21261,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38CA

secondary

#C6CF8E

accent

#E147CB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38CA

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

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