#4E38D3#4E38D3

#4E38D3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.223 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38D3
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(249, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.27, 52.54, -76.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.27, 92.49, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.039 -0.2196)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.223 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3102, 9.1499, 62.5220)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38D3 #BDD338

analogous

#3870D3 #4E38D3 #9B38D3

triadic

#4E38D3 #D34E38 #38D34E

tetradic

#4E38D3 #D33870 #BDD338 #38D39B

square

#4E38D3 #D33870 #BDD338 #38D39B

split-complementary

#4E38D3 #D39B38 #70D338

monochromatic

#271A76 #3825A9 #4E38D3 #7B6ADE #A79CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#4E38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#4E38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38D3

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38D3	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.223 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9072e2',
    500: '#4e38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38d3;
$custom-light: #9072e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.516,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47358,
    "c": 0.22307,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38D3

secondary

#CCD592

accent

#E741CF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38D3

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

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