#4E3BB6#4E3BB6

#4E3BB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.185 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BB6
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 182)
HSL	hsl(249, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(249, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.24, 42.03, -62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.24, 75.31, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.11% 0.042 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(45.11% 0.185 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1467, 8.1242, 45.1223)
Luminance	0.0813 (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

#4E3BB6 #A3B63B

analogous

#3B66B6 #4E3BB6 #8B3BB6

triadic

#4E3BB6 #B64E3B #3BB64E

tetradic

#4E3BB6 #B63B66 #A3B63B #3BB68B

square

#4E3BB6 #B63B66 #A3B63B #3BB68B

split-complementary

#4E3BB6 #B68B3B #66B63B

monochromatic

#261D5A #3A2C88 #4E3BB6 #7262CC #9C90DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4E3BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E3BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BB6

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BB6	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#175B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.185 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72cd',
    500: '#4e3bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3bb6;
$custom-light: #8a72cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.268,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45109,
    "c": 0.18463,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BB6

secondary

#BCC687

accent

#DB4DC5

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BB6

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

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