#4E3BB1#4E3BB1

#4E3BB1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.178 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BB1
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 177)
HSL	hsl(250, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 40.48, -60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 72.55, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.0427 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.178 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6392, 7.9212, 42.4494)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.97

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3BB1 #9EB13B

analogous

#3B63B1 #4E3BB1 #893BB1

triadic

#4E3BB1 #B14E3B #3BB14E

tetradic

#4E3BB1 #B13B63 #9EB13B #3BB189

square

#4E3BB1 #B13B63 #9EB13B #3BB189

split-complementary

#4E3BB1 #B1893B #63B13B

monochromatic

#261C55 #3A2C83 #4E3BB1 #715FCA #9A8DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#4E3BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E3BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BB1

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BB1	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F5971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.178 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972c9',
    500: '#4e3bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3bb1;
$custom-light: #8972c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.661,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44674,
    "c": 0.17828,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BB1

secondary

#BAC484

accent

#DA4EC3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BB1

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

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