#4E49E6#4E49E6

#4E49E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.228 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49E6
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(242, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(242, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 49.14, -78.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 92.70, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% 0.0246 -0.227)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.228 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8027, 12.0962, 76.1388)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49E6 #E1E649

analogous

#4993E6 #4E49E6 #9D49E6

triadic

#4E49E6 #E64E49 #49E64E

tetradic

#4E49E6 #E64993 #E1E649 #49E69D

square

#4E49E6 #E64993 #E1E649 #49E69D

split-complementary

#4E49E6 #E69D49 #93E649

monochromatic

#1A169F #231DD5 #4E49E6 #827FED #B7B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#4E49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#4E49E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49E6

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49E6	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.228 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#927def',
    500: '#4e49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49e6;
$custom-light: #927def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.911,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51524,
    "c": 0.22833,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49E6

secondary

#E2E4A7

accent

#F235EC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49E6

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

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