#4E42B3#4E42B3

#4E42B3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.172 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42B3
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(246, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(246, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 63.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.54, 36.94, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.54, 69.27, 302.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% 0.0359 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.172 282)
XYZ	xyz(13.2243, 8.7700, 43.6350)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 0.34

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42B3 #A7B342

analogous

#426EB3 #4E42B3 #8642B3

triadic

#4E42B3 #B34E42 #42B34E

tetradic

#4E42B3 #B3426E #A7B342 #42B386

square

#4E42B3 #B3426E #A7B342 #42B386

split-complementary

#4E42B3 #B38642 #6EB342

monochromatic

#27215A #3B3286 #4E42B3 #746AC8 #9E97D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#4E42B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4E42B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42B3

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42B3	1.00	7.62	2.75	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B5E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.172 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8977cb',
    500: '#4e42b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42b3;
$custom-light: #8977cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.372,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45973,
    "c": 0.17212,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.08771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42B3

secondary

#BEC48C

accent

#D652C8

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42B3

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

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