#4E38CF#4E38CF

#4E38CF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.218 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38CF
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 207)
HSL	hsl(249, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, 51.34, -74.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 90.41, 304.60°)
OKLab	oklab(46.97% 0.0398 -0.2147)
OKLCH	oklch(46.97% 0.218 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8150, 8.9518, 59.9139)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.96

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38CF #B9CF38

analogous

#386ECF #4E38CF #9A38CF

triadic

#4E38CF #CF4E38 #38CF4E

tetradic

#4E38CF #CF386E #B9CF38 #38CF9A

square

#4E38CF #CF386E #B9CF38 #38CF9A

split-complementary

#4E38CF #CF9A38 #6ECF38

monochromatic

#281B71 #3927A3 #4E38CF #7A69DB #A69BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#4E38CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E38CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38CF

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38CF	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.218 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71df',
    500: '#4e38cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38cf;
$custom-light: #8f71df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.742,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46974,
    "c": 0.21837,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38CF

secondary

#C9D390

accent

#E444CD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38CF

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

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