#4E48A2#4E48A2

#4E48A2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.141 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48A2
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 162)
HSL	hsl(244, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(244, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 55.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.72, 27.76, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.72, 55.59, 299.96°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.03 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.141 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9789, 8.8624, 35.2548)
Luminance	0.0886 (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

#4E48A2 #9CA248

analogous

#486FA2 #4E48A2 #7B48A2

triadic

#4E48A2 #A24E48 #48A24E

tetradic

#4E48A2 #A2486F #9CA248 #48A27B

square

#4E48A2 #A2486F #9CA248 #48A27B

split-complementary

#4E48A2 #A27B48 #6FA248

monochromatic

#25224D #3A3578 #4E48A2 #706ABD #9995D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#4E48A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#4E48A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48A2

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48A2	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1157A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0551A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.141 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867bbe',
    500: '#4e48a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48a2;
$custom-light: #867bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45707,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48A2

secondary

#B8BC8A

accent

#CE59C7

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48A2

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

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