#4E48A6#4E48A6

#4E48A6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.146 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48A6
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 166)
HSL	hsl(244, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(244, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 56.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.00, 29.05, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.00, 57.92, 300.10°)
OKLab	oklab(46% 0.0301 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(46% 0.146 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3401, 9.0069, 37.1573)
Luminance	0.0901 (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

#4E48A6 #A0A648

analogous

#4871A6 #4E48A6 #7D48A6

triadic

#4E48A6 #A64E48 #48A64E

tetradic

#4E48A6 #A64871 #A0A648 #48A67D

square

#4E48A6 #A64871 #A0A648 #48A67D

split-complementary

#4E48A6 #A67D48 #71A648

monochromatic

#262351 #3A357B #4E48A6 #716CBF #9A97D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#4E48A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#4E48A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48A6

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48A6	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0658A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#295D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.146 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877bc1',
    500: '#4e48a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48a6;
$custom-light: #877bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.83,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46004,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48A6

secondary

#BBBE8C

accent

#CF58C8

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF7

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48A6

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

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