#4A49E6#4A49E6

#4A49E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.229 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A49E6
RGB	rgb(74, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(240, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, 48.66, -79.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 92.82, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0199 -0.2284)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.229 275)
XYZ	xyz(19.4848, 11.9323, 76.1239)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A49E6 #E5E649

analogous

#4997E6 #4A49E6 #9949E6

triadic

#4A49E6 #E64A49 #49E64A

tetradic

#4A49E6 #E64997 #E5E649 #49E699

square

#4A49E6 #E64997 #E5E649 #49E699

split-complementary

#4A49E6 #E69949 #97E649

monochromatic

#17169F #1E1DD5 #4A49E6 #807FED #B5B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#4A49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#4A49E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A49E6

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A49E6	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.229 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#907def',
    500: '#4a49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a49e6;
$custom-light: #907def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.382,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51269,
    "c": 0.22923,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.11934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A49E6

secondary

#E4E4A7

accent

#F235F1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A49E6

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

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