#4E409B#4E409B

#4E409B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.142 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E409B
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 155)
HSL	hsl(249, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(249, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 58.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 30.57, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 56.85, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% 0.0391 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.142 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8899, 7.6525, 31.9073)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.58

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E409B #8D9B40

analogous

#405F9B #4E409B #7C409B

triadic

#4E409B #9B4E40 #409B4E

tetradic

#4E409B #9B405F #8D9B40 #409B7C

square

#4E409B #9B405F #8D9B40 #409B7C

split-complementary

#4E409B #9B7C40 #5F9B40

monochromatic

#221C44 #382E70 #4E409B #6B5CBC #9288CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#4E409B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E409B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E409B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E409B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E409B	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00519E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e409b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.142 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8675b9',
    500: '#4e409b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e409b;
$custom-light: #8675b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e409b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4372,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E409B

secondary

#AFB87E

accent

#D156BE

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E409B

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

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