#4E49D6#4E49D6

#4E49D6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.209 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49D6
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 214)
HSL	hsl(242, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(242, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 65.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.98, 44.01, -71.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.98, 84.17, 301.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.0266 -0.2069)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.209 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6581, 11.2384, 64.8440)
Luminance	0.1124 (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

#4E49D6 #D1D649

analogous

#498BD6 #4E49D6 #9549D6

triadic

#4E49D6 #D64E49 #49D64E

tetradic

#4E49D6 #D6498B #D1D649 #49D695

square

#4E49D6 #D6498B #D1D649 #49D695

split-complementary

#4E49D6 #D69549 #8BD649

monochromatic

#221E86 #2F2AB8 #4E49D6 #7F7BE1 #AFADED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#4E49D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#4E49D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49D6

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49D6	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.209 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7de4',
    500: '#4e49d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49d6;
$custom-light: #8f7de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.128,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50095,
    "c": 0.20862,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49D6

secondary

#D8DAA0

accent

#E642E0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49D6

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

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