#4E48D6#4E48D6

#4E48D6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.210 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48D6
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 214)
HSL	hsl(243, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(243, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.76, 44.60, -72.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.76, 84.78, 301.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.0273 -0.208)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.21 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5929, 11.1080, 64.8222)
Luminance	0.1111 (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

#4E48D6 #D0D648

analogous

#4889D6 #4E48D6 #9548D6

triadic

#4E48D6 #D64E48 #48D64E

tetradic

#4E48D6 #D64889 #D0D648 #48D695

square

#4E48D6 #D64889 #D0D648 #48D695

split-complementary

#4E48D6 #D69548 #89D648

monochromatic

#221E86 #2F29B8 #4E48D6 #7E7AE1 #AFACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#4E48D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#4E48D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48D6

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48D6	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.210 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7ce4',
    500: '#4e48d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48d6;
$custom-light: #8f7ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.535,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49938,
    "c": 0.20976,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48D6

secondary

#D8DAA0

accent

#E641DF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48D6

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

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