#4E49D8#4E49D8

#4E49D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.211 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49D8
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 216)
HSL	hsl(242, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 66.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.15, 44.66, -72.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.15, 85.25, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% 0.0263 -0.2095)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.211 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9151, 11.3412, 66.1974)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Warm Blue

#4B57DB

ΔE00 4.20

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49D8 #D3D849

analogous

#498CD8 #4E49D8 #9649D8

triadic

#4E49D8 #D84E49 #49D84E

tetradic

#4E49D8 #D8498C #D3D849 #49D896

square

#4E49D8 #D8498C #D3D849 #49D896

split-complementary

#4E49D8 #D89649 #8CD849

monochromatic

#211D89 #2D28BC #4E49D8 #7F7BE3 #B0AEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#4E49D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#4E49D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49D8

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49D8	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.211 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7de5',
    500: '#4e49d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49d8;
$custom-light: #8f7de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.098,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50271,
    "c": 0.21112,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49D8

secondary

#DADCA1

accent

#E840E2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49D8

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

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