#4E49B8#4E49B8

#4E49B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.170 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49B8
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 184)
HSL	hsl(243, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 34.27, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 67.59, 300.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.58% 0.0288 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(47.58% 0.17 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1734, 9.8445, 46.4914)
Luminance	0.0984 (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

#4E49B8 #B3B849

analogous

#497BB8 #4E49B8 #8649B8

triadic

#4E49B8 #B84E49 #49B84E

tetradic

#4E49B8 #B8497B #B3B849 #49B886

square

#4E49B8 #B8497B #B3B849 #49B886

split-complementary

#4E49B8 #B88649 #7BB849

monochromatic

#282661 #3B378D #4E49B8 #7975C9 #A4A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#4E49B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#4E49B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49B8

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49B8	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F6479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.170 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897cce',
    500: '#4e49b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49b8;
$custom-light: #897cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.703,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47578,
    "c": 0.16977,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49B8

secondary

#C5C796

accent

#D454CE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49B8

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

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