#4E49D9#4E49D9

#4E49D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.212 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49D9
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 217)
HSL	hsl(242, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.23, 44.98, -73.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.23, 85.79, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% 0.0262 -0.2107)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.212 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0447, 11.3930, 66.8803)
Luminance	0.1139 (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

#4E49D9 #D4D949

analogous

#498CD9 #4E49D9 #9649D9

triadic

#4E49D9 #D94E49 #49D94E

tetradic

#4E49D9 #D9498C #D4D949 #49D996

square

#4E49D9 #D9498C #D4D949 #49D996

split-complementary

#4E49D9 #D99649 #8CD949

monochromatic

#211D8B #2D28BD #4E49D9 #7F7CE4 #B0AEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#4E49D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#4E49D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49D9

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49D9	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.212 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7de6',
    500: '#4e49d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49d9;
$custom-light: #8f7de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.083,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50359,
    "c": 0.21237,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49D9

secondary

#DADCA2

accent

#E83FE3

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49D9

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

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