#4E48E5#4E48E5

#4E48E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.228 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48E5
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(242, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 49.38, -78.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 92.76, 302.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% 0.0254 -0.2268)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.228 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5975, 11.9099, 75.3796)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48E5 #DFE548

analogous

#4891E5 #4E48E5 #9D48E5

triadic

#4E48E5 #E54E48 #48E54E

tetradic

#4E48E5 #E54891 #DFE548 #48E59D

square

#4E48E5 #E54891 #DFE548 #48E59D

split-complementary

#4E48E5 #E59D48 #91E548

monochromatic

#1B169C #251ED2 #4E48E5 #827EED #B6B3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#4E48E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#4E48E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48E5

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48E5	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.228 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#927cee',
    500: '#4e48e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48e5;
$custom-light: #927cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.293,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51284,
    "c": 0.22818,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48E5

secondary

#E1E3A6

accent

#F236EB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48E5

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

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