#4A4AAE#4A4AAE

#4A4AAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.156 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4AAE
RGB	rgb(74, 74, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(240, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 57.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 29.61, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 61.29, 298.89°)
OKLab	oklab(46.67% 0.023 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(46.67% 0.156 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9104, 9.4085, 41.1719)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4AAE #AEAE4A

analogous

#4A7CAE #4A4AAE #7C4AAE

triadic

#4A4AAE #AE4A4A #4AAE4A

tetradic

#4A4AAE #AE4A7C #AEAE4A #4AAE7C

square

#4A4AAE #AE4A7C #AEAE4A #4AAE7C

split-complementary

#4A4AAE #AE7C4A #7CAE4A

monochromatic

#252558 #383883 #4A4AAE #7272C3 #9D9DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#4A4AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4A4AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4AAE

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4AAE	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#106275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 74, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.156 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867cc7',
    500: '#4a4aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4aae;
$custom-light: #867cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46673,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4AAE

secondary

#C2C292

accent

#D058D0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4AAE

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

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