#4E42A5#4E42A5

#4E42A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.153 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42A5
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 165)
HSL	hsl(247, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(247, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 60%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, 32.48, -52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 61.31, 301.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.0367 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.153 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8796, 8.2321, 36.5530)
Luminance	0.0823 (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

#4E42A5 #99A542

analogous

#4267A5 #4E42A5 #8042A5

triadic

#4E42A5 #A54E42 #42A54E

tetradic

#4E42A5 #A54267 #99A542 #42A580

square

#4E42A5 #A54267 #99A542 #42A580

split-complementary

#4E42A5 #A58042 #67A542

monochromatic

#251F4E #393179 #4E42A5 #6F63C1 #978FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#4E42A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4E42A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42A5

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42A5	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B596D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.153 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777c0',
    500: '#4e42a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42a5;
$custom-light: #8777c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.273,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44846,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42A5

secondary

#B7BD85

accent

#D355C3

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42A5

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

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