#4E48D9#4E48D9

#4E48D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.213 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48D9
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 217)
HSL	hsl(242, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 66.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 45.56, -73.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 86.40, 301.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% 0.027 -0.2118)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.213 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9796, 11.2627, 66.8586)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Purpleish Blue

#6140EF

ΔE00 4.18

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48D9 #D3D948

analogous

#488BD9 #4E48D9 #9748D9

triadic

#4E48D9 #D94E48 #48D94E

tetradic

#4E48D9 #D9488B #D3D948 #48D997

square

#4E48D9 #D9488B #D3D948 #48D997

split-complementary

#4E48D9 #D99748 #8BD948

monochromatic

#211D8A #2D27BD #4E48D9 #7F7BE4 #B0ADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#4E48D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#4E48D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48D9

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48D9	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.213 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7ce6',
    500: '#4e48d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48d9;
$custom-light: #8f7ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.483,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50203,
    "c": 0.21348,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48D9

secondary

#DADCA1

accent

#E93FE2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48D9

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

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