#4E48E0#4E48E0

#4E48E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.222 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48E0
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 224)
HSL	hsl(242, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(242, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.63, 47.80, -76.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.63, 90.13, 302.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% 0.0261 -0.2206)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.222 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9094, 11.6346, 71.7558)
Luminance	0.1164 (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

#4E48E0 #DAE048

analogous

#488EE0 #4E48E0 #9A48E0

triadic

#4E48E0 #E04E48 #48E04E

tetradic

#4E48E0 #E0488E #DAE048 #48E09A

square

#4E48E0 #E0488E #DAE048 #48E09A

split-complementary

#4E48E0 #E09A48 #8EE048

monochromatic

#1E1994 #2922C9 #4E48E0 #817CE9 #B3B1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#4E48E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#4E48E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48E0

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48E0	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.222 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917ceb',
    500: '#4e48e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48e0;
$custom-light: #917ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.368,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5083,
    "c": 0.2221,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48E0

secondary

#DEE0A4

accent

#EE3AE7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48E0

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

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