#4E48B3#4E48B3

#4E48B3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.164 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48B3
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 179)
HSL	hsl(243, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(243, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 59.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 33.27, -56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 65.40, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(47.01% 0.03 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(47.01% 0.164 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5934, 9.5082, 43.7581)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.86

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48B3 #ADB348

analogous

#4878B3 #4E48B3 #8348B3

triadic

#4E48B3 #B34E48 #48B34E

tetradic

#4E48B3 #B34878 #ADB348 #48B383

square

#4E48B3 #B34878 #ADB348 #48B383

split-complementary

#4E48B3 #B38348 #78B348

monochromatic

#28255C #3B3687 #4E48B3 #7772C6 #A19ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#4E48B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4E48B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48B3

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48B3	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A6276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.164 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897bca',
    500: '#4e48b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48b3;
$custom-light: #897bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.364,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47005,
    "c": 0.16434,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48B3

secondary

#C2C492

accent

#D255CB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48B3

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

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