#4E48CE#4E48CE

#4E48CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.200 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48CE
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 206)
HSL	hsl(243, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(243, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 65%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.09, 42.02, -68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.09, 80.45, 301.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.24% 0.0282 -0.1977)
OKLCH	oklch(49.24% 0.2 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5962, 10.7094, 59.5731)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48CE #C8CE48

analogous

#4885CE #4E48CE #9148CE

triadic

#4E48CE #CE4E48 #48CE4E

tetradic

#4E48CE #CE4885 #C8CE48 #48CE91

square

#4E48CE #CE4885 #C8CE48 #48CE91

split-complementary

#4E48CE #CE9148 #85CE48

monochromatic

#25217B #332EAB #4E48CE #7D78DB #ABA9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#4E48CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#4E48CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48CE

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48CE	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.200 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7cde',
    500: '#4e48ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48ce;
$custom-light: #8d7cde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.687,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4924,
    "c": 0.19969,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48CE

secondary

#D3D59D

accent

#E147DA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48CE

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

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