#4E42A7#4E42A7

#4E42A7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.156 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42A7
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 167)
HSL	hsl(247, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(247, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, 33.12, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 62.46, 302.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.0366 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.156 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0630, 8.3055, 37.5192)
Luminance	0.0831 (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

#4E42A7 #9BA742

analogous

#4268A7 #4E42A7 #8042A7

triadic

#4E42A7 #A74E42 #42A74E

tetradic

#4E42A7 #A74268 #9BA742 #42A780

square

#4E42A7 #A74268 #9BA742 #42A780

split-complementary

#4E42A7 #A78042 #68A742

monochromatic

#251F4F #3A317B #4E42A7 #6F64C2 #9890D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#4E42A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E42A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42A7

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42A7	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#295A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.156 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777c2',
    500: '#4e42a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42a7;
$custom-light: #8777c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.129,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45003,
    "c": 0.1561,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42A7

secondary

#B8BE86

accent

#D355C4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42A7

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

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