#4E49AE#4E49AE

#4E49AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.156 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49AE
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 174)
HSL	hsl(243, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(243, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 58%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.82, 31.02, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.82, 61.89, 300.08°)
OKLab	oklab(46.79% 0.029 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(46.79% 0.156 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1620, 9.4400, 41.1647)
Luminance	0.0944 (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

#4E49AE #A9AE49

analogous

#4976AE #4E49AE #8049AE

triadic

#4E49AE #AE4E49 #49AE4E

tetradic

#4E49AE #AE4976 #A9AE49 #49AE80

square

#4E49AE #AE4976 #A9AE49 #49AE80

split-complementary

#4E49AE #AE8049 #76AE49

monochromatic

#272558 #3B3783 #4E49AE #7571C3 #9F9CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#4E49AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4E49AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49AE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49AE	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#216174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.156 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887cc7',
    500: '#4e49ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49ae;
$custom-light: #887cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.97,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46794,
    "c": 0.15618,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49AE

secondary

#BFC291

accent

#D157CB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49AE

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

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