#4E38C8#4E38C8

#4E38C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.210 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38C8
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.24, 49.22, -71.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.24, 86.75, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.31% 0.0413 -0.206)
OKLCH	oklch(46.31% 0.21 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9781, 8.6171, 55.5064)
Luminance	0.0862 (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

#4E38C8 #B2C838

analogous

#386AC8 #4E38C8 #9638C8

triadic

#4E38C8 #C84E38 #38C84E

tetradic

#4E38C8 #C8386A #B2C838 #38C896

square

#4E38C8 #C8386A #B2C838 #38C896

split-complementary

#4E38C8 #C89638 #6AC838

monochromatic

#291D69 #3B2A99 #4E38C8 #7968D5 #A398E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#4E38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38C8

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38C8	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.210 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71da',
    500: '#4e38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38c8;
$custom-light: #8e71da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46312,
    "c": 0.21006,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38C8

secondary

#C4CE8E

accent

#E048C9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38C8

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

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