#4E41B3#4E41B3

#4E41B3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.173 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E41B3
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 179)
HSL	hsl(247, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(247, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 63.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 37.55, -58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 69.91, 302.49°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% 0.0369 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.173 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1664, 8.6541, 43.6157)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 0.41

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E41B3 #A6B341

analogous

#416DB3 #4E41B3 #8741B3

triadic

#4E41B3 #B34E41 #41B34E

tetradic

#4E41B3 #B3416D #A6B341 #41B387

square

#4E41B3 #B3416D #A6B341 #41B387

split-complementary

#4E41B3 #B38741 #6DB341

monochromatic

#272059 #3A3186 #4E41B3 #7469C8 #9D96D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#4E41B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E41B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E41B3

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E41B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E41B3	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B5D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e41b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.173 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8976cb',
    500: '#4e41b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e41b3;
$custom-light: #8976cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e41b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.842,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45806,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E41B3

secondary

#BEC48B

accent

#D651C7

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E41B3

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

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