#4A49E1#4A49E1

#4A49E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.223 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A49E1
RGB	rgb(74, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(240, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(240, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 47.05, -76.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 90.18, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% 0.0205 -0.2222)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.223 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7927, 11.6555, 72.4789)
Luminance	0.1166 (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

#4A49E1 #E0E149

analogous

#4994E1 #4A49E1 #9649E1

triadic

#4A49E1 #E14A49 #49E14A

tetradic

#4A49E1 #E14994 #E0E149 #49E196

square

#4A49E1 #E14994 #E0E149 #49E196

split-complementary

#4A49E1 #E19649 #94E149

monochromatic

#1A1997 #2322CB #4A49E1 #7E7EEA #B3B2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#4A49E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#4A49E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A49E1

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A49E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A49E1	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a49e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.223 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7dec',
    500: '#4a49e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a49e1;
$custom-light: #8f7dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a49e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.395,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50812,
    "c": 0.22314,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A49E1

secondary

#E1E1A5

accent

#EE39ED

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A49E1

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

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