#4E48BE#4E48BE

#4E48BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.179 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48BE
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 190)
HSL	hsl(243, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(243, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 62.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 36.84, -61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 71.61, 300.96°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.0295 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.179 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7506, 9.9711, 49.8525)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.16

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48BE #B8BE48

analogous

#487DBE #4E48BE #8948BE

triadic

#4E48BE #BE4E48 #48BE4E

tetradic

#4E48BE #BE487D #B8BE48 #48BE89

square

#4E48BE #BE487D #B8BE48 #48BE89

split-complementary

#4E48BE #BE8948 #7DBE48

monochromatic

#282567 #393594 #4E48BE #7A75CE #A5A2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#4E48BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4E48BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48BE

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48BE	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.179 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7bd2',
    500: '#4e48be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48be;
$custom-light: #8b7bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.051,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47892,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48BE

secondary

#C8CB97

accent

#D751D0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EEFA

border

#CBC9D3

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48BE

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

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