#4E48D2#4E48D2

#4E48D2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.205 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4E48D2
RGBrgb(78, 72, 210)
HSLhsl(243, 61%, 55%)
HSVhsv(243, 66%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 65.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(39.42, 43.31, -70.36)
CIE-LCHlch(39.42, 82.62, 301.61°)
OKLaboklab(49.59% 0.0278 -0.2028)
OKLCHoklch(49.59% 0.205 277.8)
XYZxyz(17.0884, 10.9062, 62.1649)
Luminance0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4E48D2 #CCD248
analogous
#4887D2 #4E48D2 #9348D2
triadic
#4E48D2 #D24E48 #48D24E
tetradic
#4E48D2 #D24887 #CCD248 #48D293
square
#4E48D2 #D24887 #CCD248 #48D293
split-complementary
#4E48D2 #D29348 #87D248
monochromatic
#242080 #312CB1 #4E48D2 #7E79DE #ADAAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60
#4E48D2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18
#4E48D2 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48D2
6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4E48D2#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4E48D21.006.603.186.60
#FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00
#0000003.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0063D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0057CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006C87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4e48d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.205 277.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7ce1',
    500: '#4e48d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4e48d2;
$custom-light: #8e7ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4e48d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.609,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49587,
    "c": 0.20474,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4E48D2
secondary
#D5D89E
accent
#E444DD
background
#F9F7FD
surface
#F2EEFB
border
#CCC9D4
text
#0E0915
muted
#7E7B83

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#4E48D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva