#4E3BCE#4E3BCE

#4E3BCE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.214 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BCE
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 206)
HSL	hsl(248, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(248, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.37, 49.43, -73.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.37, 88.20, 304.08°)
OKLab	oklab(47.29% 0.038 -0.2107)
OKLCH	oklch(47.29% 0.214 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8429, 9.2027, 59.3220)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.08

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3BCE #BBCE3B

analogous

#3B72CE #4E3BCE #983BCE

triadic

#4E3BCE #CE4E3B #3BCE4E

tetradic

#4E3BCE #CE3B72 #BBCE3B #3BCE98

square

#4E3BCE #CE3B72 #BBCE3B #3BCE98

split-complementary

#4E3BCE #CE983B #72CE3B

monochromatic

#281D72 #3929A3 #4E3BCE #7A6CDA #A69DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#4E3BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E3BCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BCE

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BCE	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.214 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e73de',
    500: '#4e3bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3bce;
$custom-light: #8e73de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.755,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47287,
    "c": 0.21412,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BCE

secondary

#CAD392

accent

#E345CF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BCE

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

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