#4E49B0#4E49B0

#4E49B0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.159 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49B0
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 176)
HSL	hsl(243, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(243, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 58.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 31.67, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 63.03, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(46.95% 0.029 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(46.95% 0.159 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3585, 9.5185, 42.1992)
Luminance	0.0952 (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

#4E49B0 #ABB049

analogous

#4978B0 #4E49B0 #8249B0

triadic

#4E49B0 #B04E49 #49B04E

tetradic

#4E49B0 #B04978 #ABB049 #49B082

square

#4E49B0 #B04978 #ABB049 #49B082

split-complementary

#4E49B0 #B08249 #78B049

monochromatic

#282559 #3B3785 #4E49B0 #7672C4 #A09DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#4E49B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4E49B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49B0

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49B0	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E6175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.159 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887cc8',
    500: '#4e49b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49b0;
$custom-light: #887cc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.913,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46949,
    "c": 0.15893,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49B0

secondary

#C1C392

accent

#D157CB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49B0

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

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