#4E49B1#4E49B1

#4E49B1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.160 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49B1
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 177)
HSL	hsl(243, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(243, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 58.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 31.99, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 63.61, 300.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.029 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.16 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.4578, 9.5583, 42.7222)
Luminance	0.0956 (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

#4E49B1 #ACB149

analogous

#4978B1 #4E49B1 #8249B1

triadic

#4E49B1 #B14E49 #49B14E

tetradic

#4E49B1 #B14978 #ACB149 #49B182

square

#4E49B1 #B14978 #ACB149 #49B182

split-complementary

#4E49B1 #B18249 #78B149

monochromatic

#28255A #3B3786 #4E49B1 #7672C5 #A09ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#4E49B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4E49B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49B1

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49B1	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C6276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.160 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887cc9',
    500: '#4e49b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49b1;
$custom-light: #887cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.885,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47026,
    "c": 0.1603,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49B1

secondary

#C1C392

accent

#D156CC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49B1

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

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