#4E42C9#4E42C9

#4E42C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.200 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42C9
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(245, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(245, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, 43.94, -68.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 81.41, 302.67°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% 0.0336 -0.1975)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.2 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6294, 9.7320, 56.3019)
Luminance	0.0973 (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

#4E42C9 #BDC942

analogous

#427AC9 #4E42C9 #9142C9

triadic

#4E42C9 #C94E42 #42C94E

tetradic

#4E42C9 #C9427A #BDC942 #42C991

square

#4E42C9 #C9427A #BDC942 #42C991

split-complementary

#4E42C9 #C99142 #7AC942

monochromatic

#272070 #382EA0 #4E42C9 #7B72D7 #A7A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#4E42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4E42C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42C9

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42C9	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.200 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d78da',
    500: '#4e42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42c9;
$custom-light: #8d78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47857,
    "c": 0.20033,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42C9

secondary

#CCD196

accent

#DF49D2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42C9

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

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