#4E3BB9#4E3BB9

#4E3BB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.188 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BB9
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 185)
HSL	hsl(249, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(249, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 68.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.50, 42.96, -63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.50, 76.95, 303.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.37% 0.0416 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(45.37% 0.188 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4601, 8.2495, 46.7726)
Luminance	0.0825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.96

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3BB9 #A6B93B

analogous

#3B67B9 #4E3BB9 #8D3BB9

triadic

#4E3BB9 #B94E3B #3BB94E

tetradic

#4E3BB9 #B93B67 #A6B93B #3BB98D

square

#4E3BB9 #B93B67 #A6B93B #3BB98D

split-complementary

#4E3BB9 #B98D3B #67B93B

monochromatic

#271D5C #3A2C8B #4E3BB9 #7464CD #9D92DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#4E3BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4E3BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BB9

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BB9	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#115C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.188 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b72cf',
    500: '#4e3bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3bb9;
$custom-light: #8b72cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.048,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45373,
    "c": 0.18839,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BB9

secondary

#BEC788

accent

#DB4DC6

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BB9

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

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