#4E49E3#4E49E3

#4E49E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.225 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49E3
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 227)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(242, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 48.18, -77.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 91.12, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.025 -0.2233)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.225 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3850, 11.9292, 73.9391)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49E3 #DEE349

analogous

#4991E3 #4E49E3 #9B49E3

triadic

#4E49E3 #E34E49 #49E34E

tetradic

#4E49E3 #E34991 #DEE349 #49E39B

square

#4E49E3 #E34991 #DEE349 #49E39B

split-complementary

#4E49E3 #E39B49 #91E349

monochromatic

#1C189A #2620CF #4E49E3 #827EEB #B5B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#4E49E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#4E49E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49E3

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49E3	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.225 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917ded',
    500: '#4e49e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49e3;
$custom-light: #917ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.948,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51252,
    "c": 0.22467,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49E3

secondary

#E0E2A6

accent

#F038EA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49E3

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

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