#4F38CD#4F38CD

#4F38CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.216 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F38CD
RGB	rgb(79, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(249, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.79, 50.86, -73.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.79, 89.33, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(46.86% 0.0416 -0.2118)
OKLCH	oklch(46.86% 0.216 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6546, 8.8972, 58.6382)
Luminance	0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.81

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F38CD #B6CD38

analogous

#386BCD #4F38CD #9938CD

triadic

#4F38CD #CD4F38 #38CD4F

tetradic

#4F38CD #CD386B #B6CD38 #38CD99

square

#4F38CD #CD386B #B6CD38 #38CD99

split-complementary

#4F38CD #CD9938 #6BCD38

monochromatic

#291C6F #3B28A0 #4F38CD #7A69D9 #A69AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#4F38CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#4F38CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F38CD

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F38CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F38CD	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f38cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.216 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71de',
    500: '#4f38cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f38cd;
$custom-light: #8f71de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f38cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.262,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46863,
    "c": 0.21584,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F38CD

secondary

#C7D18F

accent

#E345CB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F38CD

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

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