#4E38C4#4E38C4

#4E38C4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.205 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38C4
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.87, 48.01, -69.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.87, 84.63, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.94% 0.0421 -0.2009)
OKLCH	oklch(45.94% 0.205 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5167, 8.4326, 53.0765)
Luminance	0.0843 (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

#4E38C4 #AEC438

analogous

#3868C4 #4E38C4 #9438C4

triadic

#4E38C4 #C44E38 #38C44E

tetradic

#4E38C4 #C43868 #AEC438 #38C494

square

#4E38C4 #C43868 #AEC438 #38C494

split-complementary

#4E38C4 #C49438 #68C438

monochromatic

#281D65 #3B2A94 #4E38C4 #7766D3 #A196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#4E38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38C4

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38C4	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.205 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71d7',
    500: '#4e38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38c4;
$custom-light: #8d71d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45938,
    "c": 0.20525,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38C4

secondary

#C2CC8C

accent

#DF49C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38C4

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

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