#4D38CD#4D38CD

#4D38CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.216 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38CD
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(248, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(248, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.62, 50.61, -73.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.62, 89.41, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.71% 0.0389 -0.2126)
OKLCH	oklch(46.71% 0.216 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4907, 8.8127, 58.6305)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.06

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D38CD #B8CD38

analogous

#386DCD #4D38CD #9738CD

triadic

#4D38CD #CD4D38 #38CD4D

tetradic

#4D38CD #CD386D #B8CD38 #38CD97

square

#4D38CD #CD386D #B8CD38 #38CD97

split-complementary

#4D38CD #CD9738 #6DCD38

monochromatic

#281C6F #3928A0 #4D38CD #7969D9 #A49AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#4D38CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4D38CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38CD

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38CD	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.216 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71de',
    500: '#4d38cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38cd;
$custom-light: #8e71de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.456,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46706,
    "c": 0.21618,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38CD

secondary

#C8D18F

accent

#E345CD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38CD

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

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