#4E49A8#4E49A8

#4E49A8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.148 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49A8
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 168)
HSL	hsl(243, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(243, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 56.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, 29.07, -50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 58.42, 299.84°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% 0.029 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.148 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5901, 9.2112, 38.1527)
Luminance	0.0921 (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

#4E49A8 #A3A849

analogous

#4974A8 #4E49A8 #7E49A8

triadic

#4E49A8 #A84E49 #49A84E

tetradic

#4E49A8 #A84974 #A3A849 #49A87E

square

#4E49A8 #A84974 #A3A849 #49A87E

split-complementary

#4E49A8 #A87E49 #74A849

monochromatic

#262453 #3A367D #4E49A8 #726EC0 #9C99D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#4E49A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E49A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49A8

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49A8	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0559AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#275F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.148 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877cc2',
    500: '#4e49a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49a8;
$custom-light: #877cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46339,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49A8

secondary

#BCBF8E

accent

#CF58C9

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49A8

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

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