#4E49C9#4E49C9

#4E49C9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.192 H 278.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49C9
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 201)
HSL	hsl(242, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(242, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 63.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.90, 39.81, -66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.90, 77.09, 301.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.0278 -0.1901)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.192 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0637, 10.6006, 56.4466)
Luminance	0.1060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.44

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49C9 #C4C949

analogous

#4984C9 #4E49C9 #8E49C9

triadic

#4E49C9 #C94E49 #49C94E

tetradic

#4E49C9 #C94984 #C4C949 #49C98E

square

#4E49C9 #C94984 #C4C949 #49C98E

split-complementary

#4E49C9 #C98E49 #84C949

monochromatic

#262375 #3531A4 #4E49C9 #7C78D7 #AAA7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#4E49C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#4E49C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49C9

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49C9	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.192 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7cda',
    500: '#4e49c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49c9;
$custom-light: #8c7cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.344,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48976,
    "c": 0.19211,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49C9

secondary

#D0D29C

accent

#DE4AD8

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49C9

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

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