#4E38D7#4E38D7

#4E38D7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.228 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38D7
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(248, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 53.74, -77.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 94.55, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.0381 -0.2245)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.228 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8179, 9.3530, 65.1959)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.55

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38D7 #C1D738

analogous

#3871D7 #4E38D7 #9D38D7

triadic

#4E38D7 #D74E38 #38D74E

tetradic

#4E38D7 #D73871 #C1D738 #38D79D

square

#4E38D7 #D73871 #C1D738 #38D79D

split-complementary

#4E38D7 #D79D38 #71D738

monochromatic

#27197C #3623AF #4E38D7 #7B6BE1 #A99EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#4E38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38D7

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38D7	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.228 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9072e5',
    500: '#4e38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38d7;
$custom-light: #9072e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.302,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47744,
    "c": 0.22773,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38D7

secondary

#CED893

accent

#E93ED2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38D7

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

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