#4E409F#4E409F

#4E409F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.148 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E409F
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 159)
HSL	hsl(249, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(249, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 59.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 31.83, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 59.17, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.0391 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.148 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2314, 7.7891, 33.7058)
Luminance	0.0779 (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

#4E409F #919F40

analogous

#40619F #4E409F #7D409F

triadic

#4E409F #9F4E40 #409F4E

tetradic

#4E409F #9F4061 #919F40 #409F7D

square

#4E409F #9F4061 #919F40 #409F7D

split-complementary

#4E409F #9F7D40 #619F40

monochromatic

#231D48 #392E73 #4E409F #6C5EBE #948AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#4E409F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E409F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E409F

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E409F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E409F	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e409f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.148 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8675bc',
    500: '#4e409f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e409f;
$custom-light: #8675bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e409f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.842,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44027,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E409F

secondary

#B2BB80

accent

#D255C0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E409F

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

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