#4E41CE#4E41CE

#4E41CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.208 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E41CE
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 68.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.58, 46.09, -71.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.58, 84.70, 302.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.0336 -0.2049)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.208 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1692, 9.8553, 59.4307)
Luminance	0.0986 (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

#4E41CE #C1CE41

analogous

#417ACE #4E41CE #9441CE

triadic

#4E41CE #CE4E41 #41CE4E

tetradic

#4E41CE #CE417A #C1CE41 #41CE94

square

#4E41CE #CE417A #C1CE41 #41CE94

split-complementary

#4E41CE #CE9441 #7ACE41

monochromatic

#271E76 #362BA7 #4E41CE #7B72DB #A9A2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#4E41CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#4E41CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E41CE

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E41CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E41CE	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e41ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.208 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e77de',
    500: '#4e41ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e41ce;
$custom-light: #8e77de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e41ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.532,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48152,
    "c": 0.20766,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E41CE

secondary

#CED497

accent

#E246D4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E41CE

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

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