#4E38CA#4E38CA

#4E38CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.212 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38CA
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(249, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.42, 49.83, -72.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.42, 87.80, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.5% 0.0409 -0.2085)
OKLCH	oklch(46.5% 0.212 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2134, 8.7112, 56.7454)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.02

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38CA #B4CA38

analogous

#386BCA #4E38CA #9738CA

triadic

#4E38CA #CA4E38 #38CA4E

tetradic

#4E38CA #CA386B #B4CA38 #38CA97

square

#4E38CA #CA386B #B4CA38 #38CA97

split-complementary

#4E38CA #CA9738 #6BCA38

monochromatic

#281D6B #3B299B #4E38CA #7968D7 #A499E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#4E38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#4E38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38CA

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38CA	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.212 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71db',
    500: '#4e38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38ca;
$custom-light: #8e71db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.041,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.465,
    "c": 0.21244,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38CA

secondary

#C6CF8E

accent

#E147CA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38CA

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

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