#4E48D0#4E48D0

#4E48D0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.202 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48D0
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 208)
HSL	hsl(243, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(243, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 65.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.25, 42.67, -69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.25, 81.54, 301.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.41% 0.028 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(49.41% 0.202 278)
XYZ	xyz(16.8407, 10.8072, 60.8608)
Luminance	0.1081 (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

#4E48D0 #CAD048

analogous

#4886D0 #4E48D0 #9248D0

triadic

#4E48D0 #D04E48 #48D04E

tetradic

#4E48D0 #D04886 #CAD048 #48D092

square

#4E48D0 #D04886 #CAD048 #48D092

split-complementary

#4E48D0 #D09248 #86D048

monochromatic

#24207D #322DAE #4E48D0 #7D79DD #ACA9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#4E48D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#4E48D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48D0

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48D0	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.202 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7cdf',
    500: '#4e48d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48d0;
$custom-light: #8e7cdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.647,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49413,
    "c": 0.20223,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.10808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48D0

secondary

#D4D79D

accent

#E245DB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48D0

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

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