#4E409D#4E409D

#4E409D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.145 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E409D
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 157)
HSL	hsl(249, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(249, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 59.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 31.20, -48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 58.01, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.0391 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.145 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0593, 7.7203, 32.7992)
Luminance	0.0772 (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

#4E409D #8F9D40

analogous

#40609D #4E409D #7C409D

triadic

#4E409D #9D4E40 #409D4E

tetradic

#4E409D #9D4060 #8F9D40 #409D7C

square

#4E409D #9D4060 #8F9D40 #409D7C

split-complementary

#4E409D #9D7C40 #609D40

monochromatic

#231D46 #382E72 #4E409D #6C5DBD #9389CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#4E409D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E409D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E409D

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E409D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E409D	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e409d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.145 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8675bb',
    500: '#4e409d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e409d;
$custom-light: #8675bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e409d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.032,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43873,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E409D

secondary

#B1B97F

accent

#D256BF

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E409D

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

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