#4E48E8#4E48E8

#4E48E8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.232 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E48E8
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 232)
HSL	hsl(242, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(242, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 69%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 50.33, -79.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 94.34, 302.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.025 -0.2304)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.232 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0200, 12.0789, 77.6047)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E48E8 #E2E848

analogous

#4892E8 #4E48E8 #9E48E8

triadic

#4E48E8 #E84E48 #48E84E

tetradic

#4E48E8 #E84892 #E2E848 #48E89E

square

#4E48E8 #E84892 #E2E848 #48E89E

split-complementary

#4E48E8 #E89E48 #92E848

monochromatic

#1A14A1 #221BD8 #4E48E8 #837EEF #B7B5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#4E48E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#4E48E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E48E8

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E48E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E48E8	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e48e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.232 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#927cf1',
    500: '#4e48e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e48e8;
$custom-light: #927cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e48e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51559,
    "c": 0.23179,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E48E8

secondary

#E3E5A7

accent

#F434ED

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0F0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E48E8

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

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