#4E42A4#4E42A4

#4E42A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.152 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42A4
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 164)
HSL	hsl(247, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(247, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 59.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, 32.17, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 60.74, 301.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.0367 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.152 284)
XYZ	xyz(11.7889, 8.1958, 36.0755)
Luminance	0.0820 (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

#4E42A4 #98A442

analogous

#4267A4 #4E42A4 #7F42A4

triadic

#4E42A4 #A44E42 #42A44E

tetradic

#4E42A4 #A44267 #98A442 #42A47F

square

#4E42A4 #A44267 #98A442 #42A47F

split-complementary

#4E42A4 #A47F42 #67A442

monochromatic

#241F4D #393078 #4E42A4 #6E63C0 #978FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#4E42A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E42A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42A4

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42A4	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C596C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.152 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777c0',
    500: '#4e42a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42a4;
$custom-light: #8777c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.347,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44768,
    "c": 0.15202,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.08196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42A4

secondary

#B6BD85

accent

#D255C3

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42A4

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

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