#4B49E1#4B49E1

#4B49E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.223 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B49E1
RGB	rgb(75, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(241, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(241, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, 47.17, -76.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 90.15, 301.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% 0.0217 -0.2218)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.223 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8703, 11.6955, 72.4826)
Luminance	0.1170 (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

#4B49E1 #DFE149

analogous

#4993E1 #4B49E1 #9749E1

triadic

#4B49E1 #E14B49 #49E14B

tetradic

#4B49E1 #E14993 #DFE149 #49E197

square

#4B49E1 #E14993 #DFE149 #49E197

split-complementary

#4B49E1 #E19749 #93E149

monochromatic

#1B1997 #2422CB #4B49E1 #7F7EEA #B3B2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#4B49E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#4B49E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B49E1

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B49E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B49E1	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	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: #4b49e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.223 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7dec',
    500: '#4b49e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b49e1;
$custom-light: #8f7dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b49e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.789,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50876,
    "c": 0.22291,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B49E1

secondary

#E0E1A5

accent

#EE39EC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B49E1

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

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