#4E42A2#4E42A2

#4E42A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.149 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42A2
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(248, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(248, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.24, 31.53, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.24, 59.58, 301.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.61% 0.0368 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(44.61% 0.149 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6097, 8.1242, 35.1318)
Luminance	0.0813 (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

#4E42A2 #96A242

analogous

#4266A2 #4E42A2 #7E42A2

triadic

#4E42A2 #A24E42 #42A24E

tetradic

#4E42A2 #A24266 #96A242 #42A27E

square

#4E42A2 #A24266 #96A242 #42A27E

split-complementary

#4E42A2 #A27E42 #66A242

monochromatic

#241F4B #393077 #4E42A2 #6E62BF #968ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4E42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E42A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42A2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42A2	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E586B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.149 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777be',
    500: '#4e42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42a2;
$custom-light: #8777be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44613,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42A2

secondary

#B5BC84

accent

#D256C2

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42A2

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

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