#4E49E2#4E49E2

#4E49E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.223 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49E2
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(242, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 47.86, -76.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 90.59, 301.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.0251 -0.222)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.223 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2474, 11.8741, 73.2144)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49E2 #DDE249

analogous

#4990E2 #4E49E2 #9A49E2

triadic

#4E49E2 #E24E49 #49E24E

tetradic

#4E49E2 #E24990 #DDE249 #49E29A

square

#4E49E2 #E24990 #DDE249 #49E29A

split-complementary

#4E49E2 #E29A49 #90E249

monochromatic

#1C1898 #2621CD #4E49E2 #817EEA #B5B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#4E49E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#4E49E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49E2

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49E2	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.223 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917dec',
    500: '#4e49e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49e2;
$custom-light: #917dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.961,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51162,
    "c": 0.22346,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49E2

secondary

#E0E2A5

accent

#EF39E9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49E2

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

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