#4E38BD#4E38BD

#4E38BD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.197 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38BD
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(250, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(250, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.23, 45.88, -66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.23, 80.90, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.0434 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.197 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7385, 8.1213, 48.9779)
Luminance	0.0812 (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

#4E38BD #A7BD38

analogous

#3864BD #4E38BD #9038BD

triadic

#4E38BD #BD4E38 #38BD4E

tetradic

#4E38BD #BD3864 #A7BD38 #38BD90

square

#4E38BD #BD3864 #A7BD38 #38BD90

split-complementary

#4E38BD #BD9038 #64BD38

monochromatic

#271C5F #3B2A8E #4E38BD #7462D0 #9E91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4E38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4E38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38BD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38BD	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#055C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.197 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71d2',
    500: '#4e38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38bd;
$custom-light: #8c71d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.925,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45292,
    "c": 0.19676,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38BD

secondary

#BEC987

accent

#DE4AC5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38BD

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

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