#4E38CD#4E38CD

#4E38CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.216 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38CD
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(249, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.70, 50.74, -73.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.70, 89.37, 304.59°)
OKLab	oklab(46.78% 0.0402 -0.2122)
OKLCH	oklch(46.78% 0.216 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5720, 8.8547, 58.6343)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.94

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38CD #B7CD38

analogous

#386CCD #4E38CD #9838CD

triadic

#4E38CD #CD4E38 #38CD4E

tetradic

#4E38CD #CD386C #B7CD38 #38CD98

square

#4E38CD #CD386C #B7CD38 #38CD98

split-complementary

#4E38CD #CD9838 #6CCD38

monochromatic

#281C6F #3A28A0 #4E38CD #7A69D9 #A59AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#4E38CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#4E38CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38CD

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38CD	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.216 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71de',
    500: '#4e38cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38cd;
$custom-light: #8e71de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.859,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46784,
    "c": 0.216,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38CD

secondary

#C8D18F

accent

#E345CC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38CD

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

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