#4E38C1#4E38C1

#4E38C1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.202 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38C1
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(250, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.59, 47.10, -68.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.59, 83.04, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.66% 0.0427 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(45.66% 0.202 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1787, 8.2973, 51.2961)
Luminance	0.0830 (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

#4E38C1 #ABC138

analogous

#3867C1 #4E38C1 #9338C1

triadic

#4E38C1 #C14E38 #38C14E

tetradic

#4E38C1 #C13867 #ABC138 #38C193

square

#4E38C1 #C13867 #ABC138 #38C193

split-complementary

#4E38C1 #C19338 #67C138

monochromatic

#281C62 #3B2A92 #4E38C1 #7664D2 #A094E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#4E38C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E38C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38C1

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38C1	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.202 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71d5',
    500: '#4e38c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38c1;
$custom-light: #8c71d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.635,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4566,
    "c": 0.20162,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38C1

secondary

#C1CB8A

accent

#DE49C6

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38C1

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

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