#4E49D3#4E49D3

#4E49D3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.205 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49D3
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 211)
HSL	hsl(242, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(242, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 65.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 43.05, -70.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 82.55, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.0269 -0.2031)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.205 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2785, 11.0865, 62.8448)
Luminance	0.1109 (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

#4E49D3 #CED349

analogous

#4989D3 #4E49D3 #9349D3

triadic

#4E49D3 #D34E49 #49D34E

tetradic

#4E49D3 #D34989 #CED349 #49D393

square

#4E49D3 #D34989 #CED349 #49D393

split-complementary

#4E49D3 #D39349 #89D349

monochromatic

#231F82 #302BB3 #4E49D3 #7E7ADF #AEACEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#4E49D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#4E49D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49D3

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49D3	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.205 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7ce2',
    500: '#4e49d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49d3;
$custom-light: #8e7ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.174,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49833,
    "c": 0.20485,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49D3

secondary

#D7D99F

accent

#E444DE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49D3

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

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