#4E48C9#4E48C9

#4E48C9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.193 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48C9
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 201)
HSL	hsl(243, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(243, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 64.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.67, 40.41, -66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.67, 77.71, 301.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.81% 0.0287 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(48.81% 0.193 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9985, 10.4703, 56.4249)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.28

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48C9 #C3C948

analogous

#4882C9 #4E48C9 #8E48C9

triadic

#4E48C9 #C94E48 #48C94E

tetradic

#4E48C9 #C94882 #C3C948 #48C98E

square

#4E48C9 #C94882 #C3C948 #48C98E

split-complementary

#4E48C9 #C98E48 #82C948

monochromatic

#262274 #3630A4 #4E48C9 #7C77D7 #A9A7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#4E48C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#4E48C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48C9

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48C9	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.193 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7cda',
    500: '#4e48c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48c9;
$custom-light: #8c7cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.791,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48812,
    "c": 0.19331,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48C9

secondary

#CFD29B

accent

#DE4AD7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48C9

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

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