#4E48BC#4E48BC

#4E48BC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.176 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48BC
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 188)
HSL	hsl(243, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(243, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 61.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.63, 36.19, -60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.63, 70.49, 300.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.0296 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.176 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5335, 9.8843, 48.7092)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.02

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48BC #B6BC48

analogous

#487CBC #4E48BC #8848BC

triadic

#4E48BC #BC4E48 #48BC4E

tetradic

#4E48BC #BC487C #B6BC48 #48BC88

square

#4E48BC #BC487C #B6BC48 #48BC88

split-complementary

#4E48BC #BC8848 #7CBC48

monochromatic

#282565 #3A3592 #4E48BC #7975CC #A5A2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#4E48BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4E48BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48BC

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48BC	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03647B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.176 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7bd1',
    500: '#4e48bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48bc;
$custom-light: #8a7bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.103,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47728,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48BC

secondary

#C7CA96

accent

#D652CF

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48BC

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

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