#4E3CAE#4E3CAE

#4E3CAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.173 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3CAE
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 174)
HSL	hsl(249, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(249, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 65.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 38.96, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 70.26, 303.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% 0.0422 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.173 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3954, 7.9067, 40.9092)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.90

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3CAE #9CAE3C

analogous

#3C63AE #4E3CAE #873CAE

triadic

#4E3CAE #AE4E3C #3CAE4E

tetradic

#4E3CAE #AE3C63 #9CAE3C #3CAE87

square

#4E3CAE #AE3C63 #9CAE3C #3CAE87

split-complementary

#4E3CAE #AE873C #63AE3C

monochromatic

#251D53 #3A2C80 #4E3CAE #705FC8 #998DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4E3CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E3CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3CAE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3CAE	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23586F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.173 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c7',
    500: '#4e3cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3cae;
$custom-light: #8973c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44575,
    "c": 0.1732,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3CAE

secondary

#B8C283

accent

#D850C3

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3CAE

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

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