#4E499D#4E499D

#4E499D is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.132 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E499D
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 157)
HSL	hsl(244, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(244, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 53.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, 25.52, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 51.99, 299.40°)
OKLab	oklab(45.54% 0.0286 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(45.54% 0.132 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6084, 8.8185, 32.9822)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.47

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E499D #989D49

analogous

#496E9D #4E499D #78499D

triadic

#4E499D #9D4E49 #499D4E

tetradic

#4E499D #9D496E #989D49 #499D78

square

#4E499D #9D496E #989D49 #499D78

split-complementary

#4E499D #9D7849 #6E9D49

monochromatic

#242249 #393673 #4E499D #6E6ABA #9793CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#4E499D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E499D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E499D

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E499D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E499D	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E57A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17519B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e499d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.132 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857cba',
    500: '#4e499d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e499d;
$custom-light: #857cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e499d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.571,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45535,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E499D

secondary

#B6B989

accent

#CD5BC6

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0B0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E499D

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

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