#4E49D1#4E49D1

#4E49D1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.202 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49D1
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 209)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(242, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 65.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.56, 42.40, -69.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.56, 81.47, 301.36°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.0271 -0.2005)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.202 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0293, 10.9869, 61.5325)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49D1 #CCD149

analogous

#4988D1 #4E49D1 #9249D1

triadic

#4E49D1 #D14E49 #49D14E

tetradic

#4E49D1 #D14988 #CCD149 #49D192

square

#4E49D1 #D14988 #CCD149 #49D192

split-complementary

#4E49D1 #D19249 #88D149

monochromatic

#24207F #312DB0 #4E49D1 #7E7ADD #ADABEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#4E49D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#4E49D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49D1

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49D1	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.202 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7ce0',
    500: '#4e49d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49d1;
$custom-light: #8e7ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.206,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4966,
    "c": 0.20232,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49D1

secondary

#D5D79E

accent

#E345DD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49D1

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

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