#4E48BB#4E48BB

#4E48BB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.175 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48BB
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 187)
HSL	hsl(243, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(243, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 61.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 35.87, -60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 69.93, 300.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.0297 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.175 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4261, 9.8413, 48.1434)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.95

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48BB #B5BB48

analogous

#487BBB #4E48BB #8748BB

triadic

#4E48BB #BB4E48 #48BB4E

tetradic

#4E48BB #BB487B #B5BB48 #48BB87

square

#4E48BB #BB487B #B5BB48 #48BB87

split-complementary

#4E48BB #BB8748 #7BBB48

monochromatic

#282564 #3A3690 #4E48BB #7975CC #A4A1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#4E48BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#4E48BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48BB

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48BB	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06647A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.175 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7bd0',
    500: '#4e48bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48bb;
$custom-light: #8a7bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.13,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47646,
    "c": 0.17505,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48BB

secondary

#C6C996

accent

#D552CF

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48BB

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

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