#4E409C#4E409C

#4E409C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.144 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E409C
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 156)
HSL	hsl(249, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(249, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 59%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 30.88, -48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 57.43, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.0391 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.144 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9743, 7.6863, 32.3514)
Luminance	0.0769 (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

#4E409C #8E9C40

analogous

#40609C #4E409C #7C409C

triadic

#4E409C #9C4E40 #409C4E

tetradic

#4E409C #9C4060 #8E9C40 #409C7C

square

#4E409C #9C4060 #8E9C40 #409C7C

split-complementary

#4E409C #9C7C40 #609C40

monochromatic

#231C45 #382E71 #4E409C #6B5DBC #9388CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#4E409C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E409C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E409C

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E409C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E409C	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00519F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e409c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.144 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8675ba',
    500: '#4e409c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e409c;
$custom-light: #8675ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e409c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.13,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43797,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E409C

secondary

#B0B97F

accent

#D256BF

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E409C

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

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