#4E42C8#4E42C8

#4E42C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.199 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42C8
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(245, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(245, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 43.62, -68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 80.87, 302.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.0337 -0.1962)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.199 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5121, 9.6851, 55.6844)
Luminance	0.0969 (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

#4E42C8 #BCC842

analogous

#4279C8 #4E42C8 #9142C8

triadic

#4E42C8 #C84E42 #42C84E

tetradic

#4E42C8 #C84279 #BCC842 #42C891

square

#4E42C8 #C84279 #BCC842 #42C891

split-complementary

#4E42C8 #C89142 #79C842

monochromatic

#27206F #382E9F #4E42C8 #7A71D6 #A7A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#4E42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4E42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42C8

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42C8	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.199 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d77da',
    500: '#4e42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42c8;
$custom-light: #8d77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.373,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47769,
    "c": 0.19908,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42C8

secondary

#CBD096

accent

#DE4AD1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42C8

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

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