#4E3CB9#4E3CB9

#4E3CB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.187 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CB9
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 185)
HSL	hsl(249, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(249, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.71, 42.38, -63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.71, 76.34, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.53% 0.0407 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(45.53% 0.187 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5120, 8.3533, 46.7899)
Luminance	0.0835 (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

#4E3CB9 #A7B93C

analogous

#3C68B9 #4E3CB9 #8C3CB9

triadic

#4E3CB9 #B94E3C #3CB94E

tetradic

#4E3CB9 #B93C68 #A7B93C #3CB98C

square

#4E3CB9 #B93C68 #A7B93C #3CB98C

split-complementary

#4E3CB9 #B98C3C #68B93C

monochromatic

#271E5D #3B2D8B #4E3CB9 #7465CD #9E93DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#4E3CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E3CB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CB9

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CB9	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#115C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.187 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b73cf',
    500: '#4e3cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3cb9;
$custom-light: #8b73cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.64,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45525,
    "c": 0.18722,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CB9

secondary

#BEC789

accent

#DA4DC6

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CB9

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

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