#4E46E2#4E46E2

#4E46E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.227 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E46E2
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 226)
HSL	hsl(243, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 69%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 49.56, -77.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 92.36, 302.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.0271 -0.225)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.227 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0550, 11.4894, 73.1503)
Luminance	0.1149 (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

#4E46E2 #DAE246

analogous

#468CE2 #4E46E2 #9C46E2

triadic

#4E46E2 #E24E46 #46E24E

tetradic

#4E46E2 #E2468C #DAE246 #46E29C

square

#4E46E2 #E2468C #DAE246 #46E29C

split-complementary

#4E46E2 #E29C46 #8CE246

monochromatic

#1E1896 #2920CB #4E46E2 #817BEA #B3B0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#4E46E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#4E46E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E46E2

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E46E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E46E2	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e46e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.227 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917bec',
    500: '#4e46e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e46e2;
$custom-light: #917bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e46e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.077,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50714,
    "c": 0.22666,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E46E2

secondary

#DEE1A3

accent

#F038E6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E46E2

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

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