#4E3CB1#4E3CB1

#4E3CB1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.177 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CB1
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 177)
HSL	hsl(249, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(249, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 66.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 39.89, -59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 71.93, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.0418 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.177 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6911, 8.0250, 42.4667)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.72

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3CB1 #9FB13C

analogous

#3C65B1 #4E3CB1 #893CB1

triadic

#4E3CB1 #B14E3C #3CB14E

tetradic

#4E3CB1 #B13C65 #9FB13C #3CB189

square

#4E3CB1 #B13C65 #9FB13C #3CB189

split-complementary

#4E3CB1 #B1893C #65B13C

monochromatic

#261D56 #3A2D83 #4E3CB1 #7161C9 #9A8FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4E3CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E3CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CB1

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CB1	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F5971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.177 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c9',
    500: '#4e3cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3cb1;
$custom-light: #8973c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4483,
    "c": 0.17705,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CB1

secondary

#BAC485

accent

#D94FC4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CB1

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

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