#4E41A3#4E41A3

#4E41A3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.152 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E41A3
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 163)
HSL	hsl(248, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(248, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 60.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.07, 32.47, -51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.07, 60.82, 302.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.0378 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.152 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6411, 8.0440, 35.5825)
Luminance	0.0804 (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

#4E41A3 #96A341

analogous

#4165A3 #4E41A3 #7F41A3

triadic

#4E41A3 #A34E41 #41A34E

tetradic

#4E41A3 #A34165 #96A341 #41A37F

square

#4E41A3 #A34165 #96A341 #41A37F

split-complementary

#4E41A3 #A37F41 #65A341

monochromatic

#241E4B #393077 #4E41A3 #6E61C0 #968DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#4E41A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E41A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E41A3

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E41A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E41A3	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D586B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e41a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.152 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8776bf',
    500: '#4e41a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e41a3;
$custom-light: #8776bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e41a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.959,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44514,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E41A3

secondary

#B5BD83

accent

#D355C2

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E41A3

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

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