#4E42C1#4E42C1

#4E42C1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.190 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42C1
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 193)
HSL	hsl(246, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(246, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.68, 41.40, -64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.68, 77.05, 302.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.16% 0.0346 -0.1871)
OKLCH	oklch(47.16% 0.19 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7127, 9.3653, 51.4741)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.71

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42C1 #B5C142

analogous

#4275C1 #4E42C1 #8D42C1

triadic

#4E42C1 #C14E42 #42C14E

tetradic

#4E42C1 #C14275 #B5C142 #42C18D

square

#4E42C1 #C14275 #B5C142 #42C18D

split-complementary

#4E42C1 #C18D42 #75C142

monochromatic

#282267 #3A3195 #4E42C1 #7970D0 #A49EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#4E42C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E42C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42C1

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42C1	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.190 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c77d5',
    500: '#4e42c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42c1;
$custom-light: #8c77d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.669,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47157,
    "c": 0.19024,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42C1

secondary

#C6CC93

accent

#DA4ECD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0D0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42C1

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

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