#4E49B4#4E49B4

#4E49B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.164 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49B4
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 180)
HSL	hsl(243, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 59.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 32.97, -56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 65.32, 300.32°)
OKLab	oklab(47.26% 0.029 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(47.26% 0.164 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7601, 9.6792, 44.3144)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.13

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49B4 #AFB449

analogous

#4979B4 #4E49B4 #8449B4

triadic

#4E49B4 #B44E49 #49B44E

tetradic

#4E49B4 #B44979 #AFB449 #49B484

square

#4E49B4 #B44979 #AFB449 #49B484

split-complementary

#4E49B4 #B48449 #79B449

monochromatic

#28265D #3B3788 #4E49B4 #7874C7 #A29FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#4E49B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4E49B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49B4

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49B4	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#186277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.164 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897ccb',
    500: '#4e49b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49b4;
$custom-light: #897ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.804,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47261,
    "c": 0.16437,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49B4

secondary

#C3C594

accent

#D256CC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49B4

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