#4E48A8#4E48A8

#4E48A8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.149 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48A8
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 168)
HSL	hsl(244, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(244, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, 29.70, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 59.08, 300.18°)
OKLab	oklab(46.16% 0.0301 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(46.16% 0.149 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5250, 9.0809, 38.1310)
Luminance	0.0908 (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

#4E48A8 #A2A848

analogous

#4872A8 #4E48A8 #7E48A8

triadic

#4E48A8 #A84E48 #48A84E

tetradic

#4E48A8 #A84872 #A2A848 #48A87E

square

#4E48A8 #A84872 #A2A848 #48A87E

split-complementary

#4E48A8 #A87E48 #72A848

monochromatic

#262352 #3A367D #4E48A8 #726DC0 #9B98D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#4E48A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#4E48A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48A8

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48A8	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#275E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.149 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877bc2',
    500: '#4e48a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48a8;
$custom-light: #877bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.75,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46155,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48A8

secondary

#BCBF8D

accent

#D058C8

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48A8

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

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