#4C49B8#4C49B8

#4C49B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.170 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C49B8
RGB	rgb(76, 73, 184)
HSL	hsl(242, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 33.92, -58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 67.63, 300.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.43% 0.0263 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(47.43% 0.17 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0120, 9.7613, 46.4839)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.25

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C49B8 #B5B849

analogous

#497DB8 #4C49B8 #8449B8

triadic

#4C49B8 #B84C49 #49B84C

tetradic

#4C49B8 #B8497D #B5B849 #49B884

square

#4C49B8 #B8497D #B5B849 #49B884

split-complementary

#4C49B8 #B88449 #7DB849

monochromatic

#272661 #39378D #4C49B8 #7775C9 #A3A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#4C49B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4C49B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C49B8

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C49B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C49B8	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c49b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 73, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.170 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887cce',
    500: '#4c49b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c49b8;
$custom-light: #887cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c49b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.622,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47428,
    "c": 0.17015,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C49B8

secondary

#C6C796

accent

#D454D0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C49B8

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

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