#4E49A6#4E49A6

#4E49A6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.145 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49A6
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 166)
HSL	hsl(243, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(243, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 56%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.25, 28.42, -49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.25, 57.26, 299.76°)
OKLab	oklab(46.19% 0.029 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(46.19% 0.145 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4053, 9.1372, 37.1790)
Luminance	0.0914 (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

#4E49A6 #A1A649

analogous

#4973A6 #4E49A6 #7D49A6

triadic

#4E49A6 #A64E49 #49A64E

tetradic

#4E49A6 #A64973 #A1A649 #49A67D

square

#4E49A6 #A64973 #A1A649 #49A67D

split-complementary

#4E49A6 #A67D49 #73A649

monochromatic

#262451 #3A367B #4E49A6 #726DBF #9B98D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#4E49A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#4E49A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49A6

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49A6	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C59A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#295E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.145 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877cc1',
    500: '#4e49a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49a6;
$custom-light: #877cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.226,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4619,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49A6

secondary

#BBBE8D

accent

#CF59C8

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF7

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49A6

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

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