#4542B8#4542B8

#4542B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.180 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4542B8
RGB	rgb(69, 66, 184)
HSL	hsl(242, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(242, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 64.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.24, 37.07, -62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.24, 72.29, 300.85°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.024 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.18 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0514, 8.6213, 46.3144)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.59

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4542B8 #B5B842

analogous

#427AB8 #4542B8 #8042B8

triadic

#4542B8 #B84542 #42B845

tetradic

#4542B8 #B8427A #B5B842 #42B880

square

#4542B8 #B8427A #B5B842 #42B880

split-complementary

#4542B8 #B88042 #7AB842

monochromatic

#23225E #34328B #4542B8 #6F6DCB #9B9ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#4542B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4542B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4542B8

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4542B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4542B8	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4542b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 66, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.180 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8577ce',
    500: '#4542b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4542b8;
$custom-light: #8577ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4542b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.525,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45708,
    "c": 0.18037,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4542B8

secondary

#C5C78F

accent

#D751D3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0C0814

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4542B8

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

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