#4E42C6#4E42C6

#4E42C6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.197 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42C6
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(245, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(245, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, 42.99, -67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 79.78, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.034 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.197 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2799, 9.5922, 54.4614)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42C6 #BAC642

analogous

#4278C6 #4E42C6 #9042C6

triadic

#4E42C6 #C64E42 #42C64E

tetradic

#4E42C6 #C64278 #BAC642 #42C690

square

#4E42C6 #C64278 #BAC642 #42C690

split-complementary

#4E42C6 #C69042 #78C642

monochromatic

#28216D #392F9C #4E42C6 #7A71D4 #A6A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#4E42C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4E42C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42C6

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42C6	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.197 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c77d8',
    500: '#4e42c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42c6;
$custom-light: #8c77d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47593,
    "c": 0.19657,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42C6

secondary

#CACF95

accent

#DD4BD0

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42C6

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

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