#4E429B#4E429B

#4E429B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.140 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E429B
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 155)
HSL	hsl(248, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(248, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 57.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 29.32, -47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 55.52, 301.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% 0.0368 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.14 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0047, 7.8822, 31.9455)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E429B #8F9B42

analogous

#42629B #4E429B #7A429B

triadic

#4E429B #9B4E42 #429B4E

tetradic

#4E429B #9B4262 #8F9B42 #429B7A

square

#4E429B #9B4262 #8F9B42 #429B7A

split-complementary

#4E429B #9B7A42 #629B42

monochromatic

#231D45 #383070 #4E429B #6C5FBB #938ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#4E429B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E429B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E429B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E429B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E429B	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06529E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e429b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.140 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8577b9',
    500: '#4e429b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e429b;
$custom-light: #8577b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e429b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.09,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44081,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E429B

secondary

#B1B881

accent

#D058C0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E429B

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

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