#4E42B7#4E42B7

#4E42B7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.177 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42B7
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(246, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(246, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, 38.22, -60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 71.51, 302.31°)
OKLab	oklab(46.31% 0.0356 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(46.31% 0.177 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6347, 8.9341, 45.7965)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 0.33

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42B7 #ABB742

analogous

#4271B7 #4E42B7 #8942B7

triadic

#4E42B7 #B74E42 #42B74E

tetradic

#4E42B7 #B74271 #ABB742 #42B789

square

#4E42B7 #B74271 #ABB742 #42B789

split-complementary

#4E42B7 #B78942 #71B742

monochromatic

#28225D #3B328A #4E42B7 #766CCA #A099DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#4E42B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E42B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42B7

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42B7	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.177 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a77cd',
    500: '#4e42b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42b7;
$custom-light: #8a77cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.154,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46305,
    "c": 0.17736,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42B7

secondary

#C1C68F

accent

#D751C9

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42B7

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

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