#4E429A#4E429A

#4E429A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.138 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E429A
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 154)
HSL	hsl(248, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(248, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 57.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 29.00, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 54.93, 301.87°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.0368 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.138 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9211, 7.8487, 31.5051)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E429A #8E9A42

analogous

#42629A #4E429A #7A429A

triadic

#4E429A #9A4E42 #429A4E

tetradic

#4E429A #9A4262 #8E9A42 #429A7A

square

#4E429A #9A4262 #8E9A42 #429A7A

split-complementary

#4E429A #9A7A42 #629A42

monochromatic

#231D44 #38306F #4E429A #6B5FBA #938ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#4E429A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E429A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E429A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E429A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E429A	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09529D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e429a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.138 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8577b8',
    500: '#4e429a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e429a;
$custom-light: #8577b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e429a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.182,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44006,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E429A

secondary

#B0B880

accent

#D058C0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E429A

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

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