#4E48A1#4E48A1

#4E48A1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.139 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48A1
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 161)
HSL	hsl(244, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(244, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.65, 27.44, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.65, 55.01, 299.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.63% 0.0299 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(45.63% 0.139 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8903, 8.8270, 34.7886)
Luminance	0.0883 (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

#4E48A1 #9BA148

analogous

#486EA1 #4E48A1 #7A48A1

triadic

#4E48A1 #A14E48 #48A14E

tetradic

#4E48A1 #A1486E #9BA148 #48A17A

square

#4E48A1 #A1486E #9BA148 #48A17A

split-complementary

#4E48A1 #A17A48 #6EA148

monochromatic

#25224C #3A3577 #4E48A1 #6F6ABC #9894CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#4E48A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#4E48A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48A1

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48A1	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1457A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08519F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.139 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867bbd',
    500: '#4e48a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48a1;
$custom-light: #867bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.045,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45634,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48A1

secondary

#B8BB8A

accent

#CE5AC6

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48A1

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

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