#4E42CD#4E42CD

#4E42CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.205 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42CD
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(245, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(245, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 45.21, -70.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 83.57, 302.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.21% 0.033 -0.2026)
OKLCH	oklch(48.21% 0.205 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1060, 9.9227, 58.8123)
Luminance	0.0992 (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

#4E42CD #C1CD42

analogous

#427BCD #4E42CD #9342CD

triadic

#4E42CD #CD4E42 #42CD4E

tetradic

#4E42CD #CD427B #C1CD42 #42CD93

square

#4E42CD #CD427B #C1CD42 #42CD93

split-complementary

#4E42CD #CD9342 #7BCD42

monochromatic

#271F76 #362CA6 #4E42CD #7B72DA #A9A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#4E42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4E42CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42CD

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42CD	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.205 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78dd',
    500: '#4e42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42cd;
$custom-light: #8e78dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.18,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48213,
    "c": 0.20531,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42CD

secondary

#CED397

accent

#E146D4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42CD

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

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