#4E409E#4E409E

#4E409E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.147 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E409E
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 158)
HSL	hsl(249, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(249, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 59.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 31.51, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 58.59, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.0391 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.147 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1450, 7.7546, 33.2507)
Luminance	0.0775 (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

#4E409E #909E40

analogous

#40619E #4E409E #7D409E

triadic

#4E409E #9E4E40 #409E4E

tetradic

#4E409E #9E4061 #909E40 #409E7D

square

#4E409E #9E4061 #909E40 #409E7D

split-complementary

#4E409E #9E7D40 #619E40

monochromatic

#231D47 #382E72 #4E409E #6C5EBE #9489CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#4E409E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E409E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E409E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E409E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E409E	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e409e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.147 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8675bb',
    500: '#4e409e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e409e;
$custom-light: #8675bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e409e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.936,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4395,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E409E

secondary

#B1BA80

accent

#D256C0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E409E

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

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