#4E49A1#4E49A1

#4E49A1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.138 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49A1
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 161)
HSL	hsl(243, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(243, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 54.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.90, 26.81, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.90, 54.34, 299.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.82% 0.0288 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(45.82% 0.138 282)
XYZ	xyz(11.9555, 8.9573, 34.8103)
Luminance	0.0896 (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

#4E49A1 #9CA149

analogous

#4970A1 #4E49A1 #7A49A1

triadic

#4E49A1 #A14E49 #49A14E

tetradic

#4E49A1 #A14970 #9CA149 #49A17A

square

#4E49A1 #A14970 #9CA149 #49A17A

split-complementary

#4E49A1 #A17A49 #70A149

monochromatic

#25234D #3A3677 #4E49A1 #706BBC #9995CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#4E49A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E49A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49A1

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49A1	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1758A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D519F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.138 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867cbd',
    500: '#4e49a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49a1;
$custom-light: #867cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.409,
    "s": 37.607,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45822,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.08958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49A1

secondary

#B8BB8B

accent

#CE5AC7

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF7

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49A1

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

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