#4E3BB2#4E3BB2

#4E3BB2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.180 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BB2
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 178)
HSL	hsl(250, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 66.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, 40.79, -60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 73.11, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% 0.0426 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.18 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7393, 7.9612, 42.9762)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.93

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3BB2 #9FB23B

analogous

#3B64B2 #4E3BB2 #8A3BB2

triadic

#4E3BB2 #B24E3B #3BB24E

tetradic

#4E3BB2 #B23B64 #9FB23B #3BB28A

square

#4E3BB2 #B23B64 #9FB23B #3BB28A

split-complementary

#4E3BB2 #B28A3B #64B23B

monochromatic

#261D56 #3A2C84 #4E3BB2 #7160CA #9A8EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#4E3BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4E3BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BB2

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BB2	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E5971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.180 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72ca',
    500: '#4e3bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3bb2;
$custom-light: #8a72ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.58,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4476,
    "c": 0.17956,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BB2

secondary

#BAC485

accent

#DA4EC3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BB2

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

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