#4D47E5#4D47E5

#4D47E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.229 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D47E5
RGB	rgb(77, 71, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(242, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 69%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 49.83, -78.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 93.38, 302.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.0248 -0.2281)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.229 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4520, 11.7397, 75.3544)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D47E5 #DFE547

analogous

#4790E5 #4D47E5 #9C47E5

triadic

#4D47E5 #E54D47 #47E54D

tetradic

#4D47E5 #E54790 #DFE547 #47E59C

square

#4D47E5 #E54790 #DFE547 #47E59C

split-complementary

#4D47E5 #E59C47 #90E547

monochromatic

#1B169C #241ED1 #4D47E5 #817DED #B5B2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#4D47E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#4D47E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D47E5

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D47E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D47E5	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d47e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 71, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.229 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917cee',
    500: '#4d47e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d47e5;
$custom-light: #917cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d47e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.278,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5107,
    "c": 0.22945,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D47E5

secondary

#E1E3A5

accent

#F236EB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D47E5

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

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