#4E38C7#4E38C7

#4E38C7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.209 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38C7
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.14, 48.92, -71.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.14, 86.22, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% 0.0415 -0.2047)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.209 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8616, 8.5705, 54.8929)
Luminance	0.0857 (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

#4E38C7 #B1C738

analogous

#3869C7 #4E38C7 #9638C7

triadic

#4E38C7 #C74E38 #38C74E

tetradic

#4E38C7 #C73869 #B1C738 #38C796

square

#4E38C7 #C73869 #B1C738 #38C796

split-complementary

#4E38C7 #C79638 #69C738

monochromatic

#291D67 #3B2B97 #4E38C7 #7868D4 #A398E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#4E38C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E38C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38C7

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38C7	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.209 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71d9',
    500: '#4e38c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38c7;
$custom-light: #8d71d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46218,
    "c": 0.20886,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38C7

secondary

#C4CD8D

accent

#DF48C8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38C7

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

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