#4E499B#4E499B

#4E499B is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.129 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E499B
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(244, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(244, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 52.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.50, 24.88, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.50, 50.81, 299.32°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% 0.0284 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.129 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4390, 8.7508, 32.0903)
Luminance	0.0875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E499B #969B49

analogous

#496D9B #4E499B #77499B

triadic

#4E499B #9B4E49 #499B4E

tetradic

#4E499B #9B496D #969B49 #499B77

square

#4E499B #9B496D #969B49 #499B77

split-complementary

#4E499B #9B7749 #6D9B49

monochromatic

#242248 #393571 #4E499B #6E69B8 #9693CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#4E499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4E499B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E499B

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E499B	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20569E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A5199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.129 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857cb9',
    500: '#4e499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e499b;
$custom-light: #857cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.659,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45393,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E499B

secondary

#B5B888

accent

#CC5CC5

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0B0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E499B

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

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