#4E38C5#4E38C5

#4E38C5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.206 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38C5
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, 48.31, -70.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 85.16, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(46.03% 0.0419 -0.2022)
OKLCH	oklch(46.03% 0.206 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6309, 8.4782, 53.6780)
Luminance	0.0848 (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

#4E38C5 #AFC538

analogous

#3868C5 #4E38C5 #9538C5

triadic

#4E38C5 #C54E38 #38C54E

tetradic

#4E38C5 #C53868 #AFC538 #38C595

square

#4E38C5 #C53868 #AFC538 #38C595

split-complementary

#4E38C5 #C59538 #68C538

monochromatic

#281D66 #3B2A95 #4E38C5 #7867D4 #A296E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#4E38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38C5

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38C5	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.206 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71d8',
    500: '#4e38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38c5;
$custom-light: #8d71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.362,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46031,
    "c": 0.20646,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38C5

secondary

#C3CD8C

accent

#DF49C8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38C5

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

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