#4F38CE#4F38CE

#4F38CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.217 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F38CE
RGB	rgb(79, 56, 206)
HSL	hsl(249, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.88, 51.16, -73.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.88, 89.85, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(46.96% 0.0414 -0.213)
OKLCH	oklch(46.96% 0.217 281)
XYZ	xyz(15.7757, 8.9457, 59.2759)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.82

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F38CE #B7CE38

analogous

#386CCE #4F38CE #9A38CE

triadic

#4F38CE #CE4F38 #38CE4F

tetradic

#4F38CE #CE386C #B7CE38 #38CE9A

square

#4F38CE #CE386C #B7CE38 #38CE9A

split-complementary

#4F38CE #CE9A38 #6CCE38

monochromatic

#291C70 #3A28A1 #4F38CE #7A69DA #A69AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#4F38CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4F38CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F38CE

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F38CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F38CE	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f38ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 56, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.217 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71de',
    500: '#4f38ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f38ce;
$custom-light: #8f71de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f38ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46958,
    "c": 0.21702,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.08947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F38CE

secondary

#C8D290

accent

#E444CB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F38CE

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

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