#4E48B6#4E48B6

#4E48B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.168 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48B6
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 182)
HSL	hsl(243, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 60.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 34.24, -57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 67.10, 300.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.24% 0.0299 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(47.24% 0.168 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9001, 9.6309, 45.3734)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.80

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48B6 #B0B648

analogous

#4879B6 #4E48B6 #8548B6

triadic

#4E48B6 #B64E48 #48B64E

tetradic

#4E48B6 #B64879 #B0B648 #48B685

square

#4E48B6 #B64879 #B0B648 #48B685

split-complementary

#4E48B6 #B68548 #79B648

monochromatic

#28255E #3B378A #4E48B6 #7873C8 #A29FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#4E48B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4E48B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48B6

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48B6	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#146278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.168 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897bcd',
    500: '#4e48b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48b6;
$custom-light: #897bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.273,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47243,
    "c": 0.16837,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48B6

secondary

#C3C694

accent

#D355CC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48B6

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

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