#4E48B4#4E48B4

#4E48B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.166 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48B4
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 180)
HSL	hsl(243, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(243, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 60%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 33.59, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 65.97, 300.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.08% 0.03 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(47.08% 0.166 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6949, 9.5488, 44.2926)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.83

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48B4 #AEB448

analogous

#4878B4 #4E48B4 #8448B4

triadic

#4E48B4 #B44E48 #48B44E

tetradic

#4E48B4 #B44878 #AEB448 #48B484

square

#4E48B4 #B44878 #AEB448 #48B484

split-complementary

#4E48B4 #B48448 #78B448

monochromatic

#28255D #3B3788 #4E48B4 #7772C7 #A19ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#4E48B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4E48B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48B4

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48B4	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#186277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.166 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897bcb',
    500: '#4e48b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48b4;
$custom-light: #897bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47084,
    "c": 0.16568,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48B4

secondary

#C2C593

accent

#D355CC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48B4

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

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