#4E38C3#4E38C3

#4E38C3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.204 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38C3
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(249, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, 47.71, -69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 84.10, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% 0.0423 -0.1996)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.204 282)
XYZ	xyz(14.4033, 8.3872, 52.4791)
Luminance	0.0839 (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

#4E38C3 #ADC338

analogous

#3868C3 #4E38C3 #9338C3

triadic

#4E38C3 #C34E38 #38C34E

tetradic

#4E38C3 #C33868 #ADC338 #38C393

square

#4E38C3 #C33868 #ADC338 #38C393

split-complementary

#4E38C3 #C39338 #68C338

monochromatic

#281D64 #3B2A93 #4E38C3 #7765D3 #A195E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#4E38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38C3

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38C3	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.204 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71d6',
    500: '#4e38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38c3;
$custom-light: #8d71d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.496,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45845,
    "c": 0.20405,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.08388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38C3

secondary

#C2CC8B

accent

#DF49C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38C3

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

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