#4D49E1#4D49E1

#4D49E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.222 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D49E1
RGB	rgb(77, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(242, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(242, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, 47.42, -76.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 90.09, 301.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.024 -0.2211)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.222 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0293, 11.7775, 72.4900)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D49E1 #DDE149

analogous

#4991E1 #4D49E1 #9949E1

triadic

#4D49E1 #E14D49 #49E14D

tetradic

#4D49E1 #E14991 #DDE149 #49E199

square

#4D49E1 #E14991 #DDE149 #49E199

split-complementary

#4D49E1 #E19949 #91E149

monochromatic

#1C1997 #2622CB #4D49E1 #807EEA #B4B2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#4D49E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#4D49E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D49E1

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D49E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D49E1	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d49e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.222 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#907dec',
    500: '#4d49e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d49e1;
$custom-light: #907dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d49e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.579,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51006,
    "c": 0.22245,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D49E1

secondary

#DFE1A5

accent

#EE39EA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D49E1

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

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