#4E3BB4#4E3BB4

#4E3BB4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.182 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BB4
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 180)
HSL	hsl(249, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(249, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 67.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.07, 41.41, -61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.07, 74.21, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% 0.0423 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.182 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9415, 8.0421, 44.0415)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.89

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3BB4 #A1B43B

analogous

#3B65B4 #4E3BB4 #8A3BB4

triadic

#4E3BB4 #B44E3B #3BB44E

tetradic

#4E3BB4 #B43B65 #A1B43B #3BB48A

square

#4E3BB4 #B43B65 #A1B43B #3BB48A

split-complementary

#4E3BB4 #B48A3B #65B43B

monochromatic

#261D58 #3A2C86 #4E3BB4 #7261CB #9B8FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#4E3BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E3BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BB4

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BB4	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B5A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.182 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72cb',
    500: '#4e3bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3bb4;
$custom-light: #8a72cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.421,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44934,
    "c": 0.1821,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BB4

secondary

#BBC586

accent

#DA4EC4

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BB4

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

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