#4E48B5#4E48B5

#4E48B5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.167 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48B5
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 181)
HSL	hsl(243, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 60.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, 33.92, -57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 66.54, 300.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.16% 0.0299 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(47.16% 0.167 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.7971, 9.5897, 44.8311)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.81

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48B5 #AFB548

analogous

#4878B5 #4E48B5 #8548B5

triadic

#4E48B5 #B54E48 #48B54E

tetradic

#4E48B5 #B54878 #AFB548 #48B585

square

#4E48B5 #B54878 #AFB548 #48B585

split-complementary

#4E48B5 #B58548 #78B548

monochromatic

#28255D #3B3789 #4E48B5 #7873C7 #A29FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#4E48B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4E48B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48B5

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48B5	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#166277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.167 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897bcc',
    500: '#4e48b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48b5;
$custom-light: #897bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.303,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47163,
    "c": 0.16703,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48B5

secondary

#C3C593

accent

#D355CC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48B5

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

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