#4E49A9#4E49A9

#4E49A9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.149 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49A9
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 169)
HSL	hsl(243, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(243, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.46, 29.39, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.46, 59.00, 299.88°)
OKLab	oklab(46.41% 0.029 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(46.41% 0.149 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6837, 9.2486, 38.6452)
Luminance	0.0925 (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

#4E49A9 #A4A949

analogous

#4974A9 #4E49A9 #7E49A9

triadic

#4E49A9 #A94E49 #49A94E

tetradic

#4E49A9 #A94974 #A4A949 #49A97E

square

#4E49A9 #A94974 #A4A949 #49A97E

split-complementary

#4E49A9 #A97E49 #74A949

monochromatic

#272454 #3A377E #4E49A9 #736FC1 #9C99D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#4E49A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E49A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49A9

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49A9	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0159AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#265F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.149 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877cc3',
    500: '#4e49a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49a9;
$custom-light: #877cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.125,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46414,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49A9

secondary

#BDBF8E

accent

#D058C9

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49A9

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

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