#4E49BC#4E49BC

#4E49BC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.175 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49BC
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 188)
HSL	hsl(243, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(243, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 61.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.87, 35.58, -60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.87, 69.85, 300.62°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.0287 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.175 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5987, 10.0146, 48.7309)
Luminance	0.1002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.28

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49BC #B7BC49

analogous

#497DBC #4E49BC #8749BC

triadic

#4E49BC #BC4E49 #49BC4E

tetradic

#4E49BC #BC497D #B7BC49 #49BC87

square

#4E49BC #BC497D #B7BC49 #49BC87

split-complementary

#4E49BC #BC8749 #7DBC49

monochromatic

#282565 #3A3692 #4E49BC #7A76CC #A5A2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#4E49BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#4E49BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49BC

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49BC	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02657B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.175 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7cd1',
    500: '#4e49bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49bc;
$custom-light: #8a7cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.479,
    "c": 0.1751,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49BC

secondary

#C8CA97

accent

#D652D0

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49BC

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

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