#4E49B9#4E49B9

#4E49B9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.171 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49B9
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 185)
HSL	hsl(243, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(243, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 34.60, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 68.16, 300.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.0288 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.171 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2786, 9.8866, 47.0454)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.15

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49B9 #B4B949

analogous

#497CB9 #4E49B9 #8649B9

triadic

#4E49B9 #B94E49 #49B94E

tetradic

#4E49B9 #B9497C #B4B949 #49B986

square

#4E49B9 #B9497C #B4B949 #49B986

split-complementary

#4E49B9 #B98649 #7CB949

monochromatic

#282662 #3B378E #4E49B9 #7975CA #A4A1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#4E49B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4E49B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49B9

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49B9	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C647A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.171 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7ccf',
    500: '#4e49b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49b9;
$custom-light: #8a7ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.679,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47658,
    "c": 0.1711,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49B9

secondary

#C6C896

accent

#D454CE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49B9

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

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