#4E48B8#4E48B8

#4E48B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.171 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48B8
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 184)
HSL	hsl(243, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 60.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 34.89, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 68.24, 300.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% 0.0298 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.171 280)
XYZ	xyz(14.1083, 9.7142, 46.4697)
Luminance	0.0972 (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

#4E48B8 #B2B848

analogous

#487AB8 #4E48B8 #8648B8

triadic

#4E48B8 #B84E48 #48B84E

tetradic

#4E48B8 #B8487A #B2B848 #48B886

square

#4E48B8 #B8487A #B2B848 #48B886

split-complementary

#4E48B8 #B88648 #7AB848

monochromatic

#292560 #3B368C #4E48B8 #7974C9 #A3A0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#4E48B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4E48B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48B8

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48B8	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#106379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.171 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7bce',
    500: '#4e48b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48b8;
$custom-light: #8a7bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.214,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47404,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.09715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48B8

secondary

#C4C795

accent

#D454CD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48B8

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

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