#4E49B5#4E49B5

#4E49B5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.166 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49B5
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 181)
HSL	hsl(243, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 59.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 33.30, -56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 65.89, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% 0.0289 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.166 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8623, 9.7201, 44.8528)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.12

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49B5 #B0B549

analogous

#497AB5 #4E49B5 #8449B5

triadic

#4E49B5 #B54E49 #49B54E

tetradic

#4E49B5 #B5497A #B0B549 #49B584

square

#4E49B5 #B5497A #B0B549 #49B584

split-complementary

#4E49B5 #B58449 #7AB549

monochromatic

#28265E #3B3789 #4E49B5 #7874C7 #A2A0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#4E49B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4E49B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49B5

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49B5	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#166378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.166 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897ccc',
    500: '#4e49b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49b5;
$custom-light: #897ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.778,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4734,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49B5

secondary

#C3C594

accent

#D255CD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49B5

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

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