#4E49B6#4E49B6

#4E49B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.167 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49B6
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 182)
HSL	hsl(243, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 59.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 33.62, -57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 66.46, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.0289 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.167 280)
XYZ	xyz(13.9653, 9.7613, 45.3951)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.11

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49B6 #B1B649

analogous

#497BB6 #4E49B6 #8449B6

triadic

#4E49B6 #B64E49 #49B64E

tetradic

#4E49B6 #B6497B #B1B649 #49B684

square

#4E49B6 #B6497B #B1B649 #49B684

split-complementary

#4E49B6 #B68449 #7BB649

monochromatic

#29265F #3B378A #4E49B6 #7875C8 #A3A0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#4E49B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4E49B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49B6

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49B6	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#146378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.167 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897ccd',
    500: '#4e49b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49b6;
$custom-light: #897ccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.752,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47419,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.09762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49B6

secondary

#C4C695

accent

#D355CD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49B6

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

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