#4E38C6#4E38C6

#4E38C6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.208 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38C6
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.05, 48.62, -70.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.05, 85.69, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% 0.0417 -0.2034)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.208 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.7459, 8.5242, 54.2834)
Luminance	0.0853 (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

#4E38C6 #B0C638

analogous

#3869C6 #4E38C6 #9538C6

triadic

#4E38C6 #C64E38 #38C64E

tetradic

#4E38C6 #C63869 #B0C638 #38C695

square

#4E38C6 #C63869 #B0C638 #38C695

split-complementary

#4E38C6 #C69538 #69C638

monochromatic

#281D67 #3B2B96 #4E38C6 #7867D4 #A297E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#4E38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38C6

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38C6	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.208 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71d8',
    500: '#4e38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38c6;
$custom-light: #8d71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.296,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46124,
    "c": 0.20766,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38C6

secondary

#C3CD8D

accent

#DF49C8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38C6

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

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