#4D38CC#4D38CC

#4D38CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.215 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38CC
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(249, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.53, 50.31, -73.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.53, 88.89, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.61% 0.0391 -0.2114)
OKLCH	oklch(46.61% 0.215 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3704, 8.7646, 57.9968)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.07

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D38CC #B7CC38

analogous

#386DCC #4D38CC #9738CC

triadic

#4D38CC #CC4D38 #38CC4D

tetradic

#4D38CC #CC386D #B7CC38 #38CC97

square

#4D38CC #CC386D #B7CC38 #38CC97

split-complementary

#4D38CC #CC9738 #6DCC38

monochromatic

#281C6E #39299E #4D38CC #7969D8 #A499E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#4D38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4D38CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38CC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38CC	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.215 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71dd',
    500: '#4d38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38cc;
$custom-light: #8e71dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.514,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4661,
    "c": 0.21499,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38CC

secondary

#C7D18F

accent

#E245CC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38CC

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

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