#4D38CB#4D38CB

#4D38CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.214 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38CB
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(249, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.43, 50.00, -72.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.43, 88.37, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% 0.0393 -0.2102)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.214 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2508, 8.7168, 57.3672)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.10

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D38CB #B6CB38

analogous

#386DCB #4D38CB #9638CB

triadic

#4D38CB #CB4D38 #38CB4D

tetradic

#4D38CB #CB386D #B6CB38 #38CB96

square

#4D38CB #CB386D #B6CB38 #38CB96

split-complementary

#4D38CB #CB9638 #6DCB38

monochromatic

#281C6C #3A299D #4D38CB #7869D8 #A499E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#4D38CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#4D38CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38CB

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38CB	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.214 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71dc',
    500: '#4d38cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38cb;
$custom-light: #8e71dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46515,
    "c": 0.2138,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38CB

secondary

#C7D08F

accent

#E246CC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38CB

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

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