#4E4099#4E4099

#4E4099 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.140 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4099
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 153)
HSL	hsl(249, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(249, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 58.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 29.94, -46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 55.69, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.0391 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.14 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7234, 7.5859, 31.0300)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4099 #8B9940

analogous

#405F99 #4E4099 #7A4099

triadic

#4E4099 #994E40 #40994E

tetradic

#4E4099 #99405F #8B9940 #40997A

square

#4E4099 #99405F #8B9940 #40997A

split-complementary

#4E4099 #997A40 #5F9940

monochromatic

#221C43 #382E6E #4E4099 #6B5CBB #9287CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4E4099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E4099 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4099

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4099	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01509C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.140 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8575b8',
    500: '#4e4099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4099;
$custom-light: #8575b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.438,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43569,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4099

secondary

#AEB77E

accent

#D157BE

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4099

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

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