#4E41B4#4E41B4

#4E41B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.175 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E41B4
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 180)
HSL	hsl(247, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(247, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.39, 37.87, -59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.39, 70.47, 302.50°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.0368 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.175 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2679, 8.6947, 44.1503)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 0.33

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E41B4 #A7B441

analogous

#416DB4 #4E41B4 #8841B4

triadic

#4E41B4 #B44E41 #41B44E

tetradic

#4E41B4 #B4416D #A7B441 #41B488

square

#4E41B4 #B4416D #A7B441 #41B488

split-complementary

#4E41B4 #B48841 #6DB441

monochromatic

#27215A #3B3187 #4E41B4 #7469C9 #9E96D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#4E41B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#4E41B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E41B4

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E41B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E41B4	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#195D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e41b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.175 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8976cb',
    500: '#4e41b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e41b4;
$custom-light: #8976cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e41b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.783,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4589,
    "c": 0.1747,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E41B4

secondary

#BEC58C

accent

#D751C7

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E41B4

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

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