#4542E2#4542E2

#4542E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.233 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4542E2
RGB	rgb(69, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(241, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(241, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 50.79, -80.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 94.99, 302.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% 0.0187 -0.2321)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.233 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1254, 10.6509, 73.0374)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 4.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4542E2 #DFE242

analogous

#428FE2 #4542E2 #9542E2

triadic

#4542E2 #E24542 #42E245

tetradic

#4542E2 #E2428F #DFE242 #42E295

square

#4542E2 #E2428F #DFE242 #42E295

split-complementary

#4542E2 #E29542 #8FE242

monochromatic

#191793 #221FC8 #4542E2 #7977EA #ADACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#4542E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#4542E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4542E2

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4542E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4542E2	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4542e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.233 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78ec',
    500: '#4542e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4542e2;
$custom-light: #8e78ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4542e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49552,
    "c": 0.23283,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4542E2

secondary

#DFE09F

accent

#F038ED

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4542E2

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

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