#4E42A0#4E42A0

#4E42A0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.147 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42A0
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 160)
HSL	hsl(248, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(248, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 58.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.09, 30.90, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.09, 58.42, 301.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.0368 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.147 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4334, 8.0536, 34.2029)
Luminance	0.0805 (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

#4E42A0 #94A042

analogous

#4265A0 #4E42A0 #7D42A0

triadic

#4E42A0 #A04E42 #42A04E

tetradic

#4E42A0 #A04265 #94A042 #42A07D

square

#4E42A0 #A04265 #94A042 #42A07D

split-complementary

#4E42A0 #A07D42 #65A042

monochromatic

#241E49 #393075 #4E42A0 #6D61BE #958DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#4E42A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E42A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42A0

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42A0	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F586A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.147 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8677bd',
    500: '#4e42a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42a0;
$custom-light: #8677bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.66,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44459,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42A0

secondary

#B4BB83

accent

#D156C2

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42A0

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

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