#4F38C9#4F38C9

#4F38C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.211 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F38C9
RGB	rgb(79, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.41, 49.66, -71.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.41, 87.23, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(46.49% 0.0425 -0.2068)
OKLCH	oklch(46.49% 0.211 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1779, 8.7066, 56.1277)
Luminance	0.0871 (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

#4F38C9 #B2C938

analogous

#386AC9 #4F38C9 #9738C9

triadic

#4F38C9 #C94F38 #38C94F

tetradic

#4F38C9 #C9386A #B2C938 #38C997

square

#4F38C9 #C9386A #B2C938 #38C997

split-complementary

#4F38C9 #C99738 #6AC938

monochromatic

#291D6A #3C2A9A #4F38C9 #7A68D6 #A498E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#4F38C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#4F38C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F38C9

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F38C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F38C9	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f38c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.211 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71db',
    500: '#4f38c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f38c9;
$custom-light: #8e71db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f38c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.517,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46486,
    "c": 0.21109,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F38C9

secondary

#C4CF8E

accent

#E147C8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F38C9

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

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