#4E38DC#4E38DC

#4E38DC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.234 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38DC
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 220)
HSL	hsl(248, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(248, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 55.23, -79.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 97.10, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% 0.0369 -0.2306)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.234 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4702, 9.6139, 68.6313)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38DC #C6DC38

analogous

#3874DC #4E38DC #A038DC

triadic

#4E38DC #DC4E38 #38DC4E

tetradic

#4E38DC #DC3874 #C6DC38 #38DCA0

square

#4E38DC #DC3874 #C6DC38 #38DCA0

split-complementary

#4E38DC #DCA038 #74DC38

monochromatic

#251783 #3420B7 #4E38DC #7C6CE5 #ABA0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#4E38DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4E38DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38DC

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38DC	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.234 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9172e8',
    500: '#4e38dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38dc;
$custom-light: #9172e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.049,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48232,
    "c": 0.23352,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38DC

secondary

#D1DB95

accent

#ED3BD5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38DC

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

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