#4E42A3#4E42A3

#4E42A3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.151 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42A3
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 163)
HSL	hsl(247, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(247, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 59.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, 31.85, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 60.16, 301.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0367 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.151 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6990, 8.1599, 35.6018)
Luminance	0.0816 (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

#4E42A3 #97A342

analogous

#4266A3 #4E42A3 #7F42A3

triadic

#4E42A3 #A34E42 #42A34E

tetradic

#4E42A3 #A34266 #97A342 #42A37F

square

#4E42A3 #A34266 #97A342 #42A37F

split-complementary

#4E42A3 #A37F42 #66A342

monochromatic

#241F4C #393077 #4E42A3 #6E63C0 #968ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4E42A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E42A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42A3

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42A3	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D596C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.151 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777bf',
    500: '#4e42a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42a3;
$custom-light: #8777bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.423,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4469,
    "c": 0.15066,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42A3

secondary

#B6BC84

accent

#D256C3

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42A3

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

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