#4E429C#4E429C

#4E429C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.141 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E429C
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 156)
HSL	hsl(248, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(248, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 57.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 29.63, -47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 56.10, 301.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.0368 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.141 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0891, 7.9159, 32.3897)
Luminance	0.0792 (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

#4E429C #909C42

analogous

#42639C #4E429C #7B429C

triadic

#4E429C #9C4E42 #429C4E

tetradic

#4E429C #9C4263 #909C42 #429C7B

square

#4E429C #9C4263 #909C42 #429C7B

split-complementary

#4E429C #9C7B42 #639C42

monochromatic

#231E46 #383071 #4E429C #6C60BC #948BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#4E429C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E429C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E429C

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E429C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E429C	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03529F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e429c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.141 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8677ba',
    500: '#4e429c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e429c;
$custom-light: #8677ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e429c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44156,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E429C

secondary

#B1B981

accent

#D057C0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E429C

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

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