#4E38BE#4E38BE

#4E38BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.198 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38BE
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(250, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, 46.18, -67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 81.43, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.0432 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.198 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8474, 8.1648, 49.5515)
Luminance	0.0817 (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

#4E38BE #A8BE38

analogous

#3865BE #4E38BE #9138BE

triadic

#4E38BE #BE4E38 #38BE4E

tetradic

#4E38BE #BE3865 #A8BE38 #38BE91

square

#4E38BE #BE3865 #A8BE38 #38BE91

split-complementary

#4E38BE #BE9138 #65BE38

monochromatic

#271C5F #3B2A8F #4E38BE #7562D1 #9E92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4E38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38BE

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38BE	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#025C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.198 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71d3',
    500: '#4e38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38be;
$custom-light: #8c71d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.851,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45384,
    "c": 0.19799,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38BE

secondary

#BFCA88

accent

#DE4AC6

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38BE

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

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