#4E48B7#4E48B7

#4E48B7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.170 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48B7
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 183)
HSL	hsl(243, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 34.57, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 67.67, 300.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.32% 0.0298 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(47.32% 0.17 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0038, 9.6724, 45.9196)
Luminance	0.0967 (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

#4E48B7 #B1B748

analogous

#487AB7 #4E48B7 #8548B7

triadic

#4E48B7 #B74E48 #48B74E

tetradic

#4E48B7 #B7487A #B1B748 #48B785

square

#4E48B7 #B7487A #B1B748 #48B785

split-complementary

#4E48B7 #B78548 #7AB748

monochromatic

#29255F #3B378B #4E48B7 #7874C8 #A3A0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#4E48B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4E48B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48B7

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48B7	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#126378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.170 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897bcd',
    500: '#4e48b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48b7;
$custom-light: #897bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.243,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47323,
    "c": 0.16971,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48B7

secondary

#C4C695

accent

#D355CC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48B7

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