#4F38CB#4F38CB

#4F38CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.213 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F38CB
RGB	rgb(79, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(249, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.60, 50.26, -72.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.60, 88.28, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(46.67% 0.042 -0.2093)
OKLCH	oklch(46.67% 0.213 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4147, 8.8013, 57.3749)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F38CB #B4CB38

analogous

#386ACB #4F38CB #9938CB

triadic

#4F38CB #CB4F38 #38CB4F

tetradic

#4F38CB #CB386A #B4CB38 #38CB99

square

#4F38CB #CB386A #B4CB38 #38CB99

split-complementary

#4F38CB #CB9938 #6ACB38

monochromatic

#291C6C #3B299D #4F38CB #7A69D8 #A599E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#4F38CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4F38CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F38CB

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F38CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F38CB	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f38cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.213 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71dc',
    500: '#4f38cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f38cb;
$custom-light: #8f71dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f38cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.388,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46674,
    "c": 0.21347,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F38CB

secondary

#C6D08F

accent

#E246C9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F38CB

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

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