#4E42C0#4E42C0

#4E42C0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.189 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42C0
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(246, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(246, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 65.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, 41.08, -64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 76.50, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(47.07% 0.0347 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(47.07% 0.189 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6015, 9.3209, 50.8886)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.57

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42C0 #B4C042

analogous

#4275C0 #4E42C0 #8D42C0

triadic

#4E42C0 #C04E42 #42C04E

tetradic

#4E42C0 #C04275 #B4C042 #42C08D

square

#4E42C0 #C04275 #B4C042 #42C08D

split-complementary

#4E42C0 #C08D42 #75C042

monochromatic

#282266 #3B3194 #4E42C0 #7970CF #A49EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4E42C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4E42C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42C0

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42C0	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.189 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b77d4',
    500: '#4e42c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42c0;
$custom-light: #8b77d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47071,
    "c": 0.18896,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42C0

secondary

#C6CB93

accent

#DA4ECC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42C0

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

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