#4E46E1#4E46E1

#4E46E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.225 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E46E1
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 225)
HSL	hsl(243, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.30, 49.25, -77.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.30, 91.84, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.0273 -0.2238)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.225 277)
XYZ	xyz(18.9182, 11.4346, 72.4297)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E46E1 #D9E146

analogous

#468BE1 #4E46E1 #9C46E1

triadic

#4E46E1 #E14E46 #46E14E

tetradic

#4E46E1 #E1468B #D9E146 #46E19C

square

#4E46E1 #E1468B #D9E146 #46E19C

split-complementary

#4E46E1 #E19C46 #8BE146

monochromatic

#1F1895 #2921C9 #4E46E1 #807BEA #B3AFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#4E46E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#4E46E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E46E1

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E46E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E46E1	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e46e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.225 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917bec',
    500: '#4e46e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e46e1;
$custom-light: #917bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e46e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.097,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50622,
    "c": 0.22545,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.11436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E46E1

secondary

#DDE0A2

accent

#EF39E5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E46E1

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

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