#4E41B1#4E41B1

#4E41B1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.171 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E41B1
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 177)
HSL	hsl(247, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(247, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 63.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, 36.91, -58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 68.78, 302.45°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% 0.037 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.171 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9655, 8.5738, 42.5582)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 0.65

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E41B1 #A4B141

analogous

#416CB1 #4E41B1 #8641B1

triadic

#4E41B1 #B14E41 #41B14E

tetradic

#4E41B1 #B1416C #A4B141 #41B186

square

#4E41B1 #B1416C #A4B141 #41B186

split-complementary

#4E41B1 #B18641 #6CB141

monochromatic

#272057 #3A3184 #4E41B1 #7368C7 #9C95D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#4E41B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E41B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E41B1

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E41B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E41B1	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E5C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e41b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.171 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8976c9',
    500: '#4e41b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e41b1;
$custom-light: #8976c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e41b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.964,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45641,
    "c": 0.17076,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E41B1

secondary

#BDC38A

accent

#D652C7

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E41B1

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

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