#4E43B3#4E43B3

#4E43B3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.171 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E43B3
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 179)
HSL	hsl(246, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(246, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, 36.34, -58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 68.63, 301.97°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% 0.0349 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.171 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2832, 8.8878, 43.6547)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 0.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E43B3 #A8B343

analogous

#4370B3 #4E43B3 #8643B3

triadic

#4E43B3 #B34E43 #43B34E

tetradic

#4E43B3 #B34370 #A8B343 #43B386

square

#4E43B3 #B34370 #A8B343 #43B386

split-complementary

#4E43B3 #B38643 #70B343

monochromatic

#27225A #3B3286 #4E43B3 #756BC8 #9E98D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#4E43B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#4E43B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E43B3

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E43B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E43B3	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B5E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e43b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.171 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8978cb',
    500: '#4e43b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e43b3;
$custom-light: #8978cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e43b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.893,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46141,
    "c": 0.17084,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E43B3

secondary

#BFC48D

accent

#D553C8

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E43B3

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

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