#4E48B9#4E48B9

#4E48B9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.172 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48B9
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 185)
HSL	hsl(243, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 61.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, 35.22, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 68.80, 300.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.0298 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.172 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2134, 9.7562, 47.0237)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.86

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48B9 #B3B948

analogous

#487AB9 #4E48B9 #8648B9

triadic

#4E48B9 #B94E48 #48B94E

tetradic

#4E48B9 #B9487A #B3B948 #48B986

square

#4E48B9 #B9487A #B3B948 #48B986

split-complementary

#4E48B9 #B98648 #7AB948

monochromatic

#282561 #3B368E #4E48B9 #7974CA #A4A1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#4E48B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4E48B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48B9

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48B9	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D6379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.172 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7bcf',
    500: '#4e48b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48b9;
$custom-light: #8a7bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.186,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47484,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48B9

secondary

#C5C895

accent

#D453CE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48B9

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

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