#4E49B7#4E49B7

#4E49B7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.168 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49B7
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 183)
HSL	hsl(243, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 60.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 33.95, -57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 67.02, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% 0.0289 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.168 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0690, 9.8027, 45.9413)
Luminance	0.0980 (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

#4E49B7 #B2B749

analogous

#497BB7 #4E49B7 #8549B7

triadic

#4E49B7 #B74E49 #49B74E

tetradic

#4E49B7 #B7497B #B2B749 #49B785

square

#4E49B7 #B7497B #B2B749 #49B785

split-complementary

#4E49B7 #B78549 #7BB749

monochromatic

#292660 #3B378C #4E49B7 #7975C8 #A3A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#4E49B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4E49B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49B7

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49B7	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#126379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.168 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897ccd',
    500: '#4e49b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49b7;
$custom-light: #897ccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.727,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47498,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49B7

secondary

#C4C695

accent

#D355CD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49B7

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

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