#4E499F#4E499F

#4E499F is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.135 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E499F
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 159)
HSL	hsl(243, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(243, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 54.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, 26.16, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 53.17, 299.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.68% 0.0287 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(45.68% 0.135 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7805, 8.8874, 33.8889)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E499F #9A9F49

analogous

#496F9F #4E499F #79499F

triadic

#4E499F #9F4E49 #499F4E

tetradic

#4E499F #9F496F #9A9F49 #499F79

square

#4E499F #9F496F #9A9F49 #499F79

split-complementary

#4E499F #9F7949 #6F9F49

monochromatic

#25224B #393675 #4E499F #6F6ABB #9894CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#4E499F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#4E499F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E499F

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E499F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E499F	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B57A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13519D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e499f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.135 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867cbc',
    500: '#4e499f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e499f;
$custom-light: #867cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e499f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.488,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45678,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E499F

secondary

#B7BA8A

accent

#CD5BC6

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E499F

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

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