#4E42CC#4E42CC

#4E42CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.204 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42CC
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(245, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(245, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 44.89, -69.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 83.03, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.0332 -0.2014)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.204 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9857, 9.8745, 58.1786)
Luminance	0.0988 (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

#4E42CC #C0CC42

analogous

#427BCC #4E42CC #9342CC

triadic

#4E42CC #CC4E42 #42CC4E

tetradic

#4E42CC #CC427B #C0CC42 #42CC93

square

#4E42CC #CC427B #C0CC42 #42CC93

split-complementary

#4E42CC #CC9342 #7BCC42

monochromatic

#271F74 #372CA4 #4E42CC #7B72D9 #A8A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#4E42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4E42CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42CC

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42CC	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.204 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d78dd',
    500: '#4e42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42cc;
$custom-light: #8d78dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48124,
    "c": 0.20407,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42CC

secondary

#CED397

accent

#E147D3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42CC

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

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