#4E48B1#4E48B1

#4E48B1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.162 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48B1
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 177)
HSL	hsl(243, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(243, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 59.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 32.62, -55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 64.26, 300.50°)
OKLab	oklab(46.85% 0.03 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(46.85% 0.162 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3926, 9.4279, 42.7005)
Luminance	0.0943 (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

#4E48B1 #ABB148

analogous

#4877B1 #4E48B1 #8348B1

triadic

#4E48B1 #B14E48 #48B14E

tetradic

#4E48B1 #B14877 #ABB148 #48B183

square

#4E48B1 #B14877 #ABB148 #48B183

split-complementary

#4E48B1 #B18348 #77B148

monochromatic

#28255A #3B3685 #4E48B1 #7671C5 #A09CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#4E48B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4E48B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48B1

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48B1	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D6175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.162 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887bc9',
    500: '#4e48b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48b1;
$custom-light: #887bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46847,
    "c": 0.16162,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48B1

secondary

#C1C391

accent

#D256CB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48B1

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

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