#4E42A6#4E42A6

#4E42A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.155 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42A6
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 166)
HSL	hsl(247, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(247, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 60.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.54, 32.80, -52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.54, 61.89, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.0366 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.155 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9710, 8.2686, 37.0342)
Luminance	0.0827 (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

#4E42A6 #9AA642

analogous

#4268A6 #4E42A6 #8042A6

triadic

#4E42A6 #A64E42 #42A64E

tetradic

#4E42A6 #A64268 #9AA642 #42A680

square

#4E42A6 #A64268 #9AA642 #42A680

split-complementary

#4E42A6 #A68042 #68A642

monochromatic

#251F4E #39317A #4E42A6 #6F64C1 #9890D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#4E42A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4E42A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42A6

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42A6	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A596D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.155 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777c1',
    500: '#4e42a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42a6;
$custom-light: #8777c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44924,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42A6

secondary

#B7BE86

accent

#D355C4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42A6

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

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