#4E42A8#4E42A8

#4E42A8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.157 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42A8
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 168)
HSL	hsl(247, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(247, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, 33.44, -53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 63.03, 302.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.08% 0.0366 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(45.08% 0.157 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1558, 8.3426, 38.0080)
Luminance	0.0834 (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

#4E42A8 #9CA842

analogous

#4269A8 #4E42A8 #8142A8

triadic

#4E42A8 #A84E42 #42A84E

tetradic

#4E42A8 #A84269 #9CA842 #42A881

square

#4E42A8 #A84269 #9CA842 #42A881

split-complementary

#4E42A8 #A88142 #69A842

monochromatic

#251F50 #3A317C #4E42A8 #7065C2 #9991D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#4E42A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E42A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42A8

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42A8	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#285A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.157 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777c3',
    500: '#4e42a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42a8;
$custom-light: #8777c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45082,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42A8

secondary

#B8BF87

accent

#D354C4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42A8

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

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