#4E38D9#4E38D9

#4E38D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.230 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38D9
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(248, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, 54.34, -78.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 95.57, 304.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.0376 -0.227)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.23 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0764, 9.4564, 66.5576)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.75

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38D9 #C3D938

analogous

#3872D9 #4E38D9 #9E38D9

triadic

#4E38D9 #D94E38 #38D94E

tetradic

#4E38D9 #D93872 #C3D938 #38D99E

square

#4E38D9 #D93872 #C3D938 #38D99E

split-complementary

#4E38D9 #D99E38 #72D938

monochromatic

#26187E #3622B2 #4E38D9 #7C6BE3 #A99FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#4E38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4E38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38D9

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38D9	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.230 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9172e6',
    500: '#4e38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38d9;
$custom-light: #9172e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.199,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47939,
    "c": 0.23006,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38D9

secondary

#CFD994

accent

#EB3DD3

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38D9

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

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