#4E49D5#4E49D5

#4E49D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.207 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49D5
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 213)
HSL	hsl(242, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(242, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 65.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 43.69, -71.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 83.63, 301.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.0267 -0.2056)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.207 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5308, 11.1875, 64.1735)
Luminance	0.1119 (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

#4E49D5 #D0D549

analogous

#498AD5 #4E49D5 #9449D5

triadic

#4E49D5 #D54E49 #49D54E

tetradic

#4E49D5 #D5498A #D0D549 #49D594

square

#4E49D5 #D5498A #D0D549 #49D594

split-complementary

#4E49D5 #D59449 #8AD549

monochromatic

#221F85 #2F2AB7 #4E49D5 #7E7BE0 #AFACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#4E49D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#4E49D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49D5

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49D5	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.207 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7ce3',
    500: '#4e49d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49d5;
$custom-light: #8f7ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50008,
    "c": 0.20736,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49D5

secondary

#D8DAA0

accent

#E642E0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49D5

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

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