#4E42BC#4E42BC

#4E42BC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.184 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42BC
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(246, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(246, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.26, 39.81, -62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.26, 74.29, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(46.73% 0.0351 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(46.73% 0.184 281)
XYZ	xyz(14.1644, 9.1460, 48.5862)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.02

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42BC #B0BC42

analogous

#4273BC #4E42BC #8B42BC

triadic

#4E42BC #BC4E42 #42BC4E

tetradic

#4E42BC #BC4273 #B0BC42 #42BC8B

square

#4E42BC #BC4273 #B0BC42 #42BC8B

split-complementary

#4E42BC #BC8B42 #73BC42

monochromatic

#282261 #3B328F #4E42BC #786FCC #A29CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#4E42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#4E42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42BC

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42BC	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#056179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.184 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b77d1',
    500: '#4e42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42bc;
$custom-light: #8b77d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.902,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46728,
    "c": 0.18383,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.09147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42BC

secondary

#C3C991

accent

#D850CA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42BC

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

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