#4E42B0#4E42B0

#4E42B0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.168 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42B0
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 176)
HSL	hsl(247, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(247, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 62.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.30, 35.99, -57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.30, 67.58, 302.18°)
OKLab	oklab(45.73% 0.0361 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(45.73% 0.168 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9242, 8.6499, 42.0545)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 0.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42B0 #A4B042

analogous

#426DB0 #4E42B0 #8542B0

triadic

#4E42B0 #B04E42 #42B04E

tetradic

#4E42B0 #B0426D #A4B042 #42B085

square

#4E42B0 #B0426D #A4B042 #42B085

split-complementary

#4E42B0 #B08542 #6DB042

monochromatic

#272157 #3A3183 #4E42B0 #7369C7 #9C95D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#4E42B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E42B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42B0

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42B0	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F5D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.168 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8977c8',
    500: '#4e42b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42b0;
$custom-light: #8977c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.545,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45726,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42B0

secondary

#BDC38B

accent

#D553C7

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42B0

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

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