#4E48E2#4E48E2

#4E48E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.225 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48E2
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 226)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(242, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 68.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 48.43, -77.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 91.18, 302.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0258 -0.223)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.225 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1822, 11.7438, 73.1927)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48E2 #DCE248

analogous

#488FE2 #4E48E2 #9B48E2

triadic

#4E48E2 #E24E48 #48E24E

tetradic

#4E48E2 #E2488F #DCE248 #48E29B

square

#4E48E2 #E2488F #DCE248 #48E29B

split-complementary

#4E48E2 #E29B48 #8FE248

monochromatic

#1D1898 #2720CC #4E48E2 #817DEA #B4B2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#4E48E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#4E48E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48E2

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48E2	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.225 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917cec',
    500: '#4e48e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48e2;
$custom-light: #917cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.338,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51011,
    "c": 0.22454,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48E2

secondary

#DFE1A4

accent

#EF38E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48E2

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

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