#4E42CF#4E42CF

#4E42CF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.208 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42CF
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(245, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(245, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.88, 45.84, -71.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.88, 84.64, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.0327 -0.2052)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.208 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3490, 10.0199, 60.0919)
Luminance	0.1002 (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

#4E42CF #C3CF42

analogous

#427CCF #4E42CF #9442CF

triadic

#4E42CF #CF4E42 #42CF4E

tetradic

#4E42CF #CF427C #C3CF42 #42CF94

square

#4E42CF #CF427C #C3CF42 #42CF94

split-complementary

#4E42CF #CF9442 #7CCF42

monochromatic

#261F78 #362BA9 #4E42CF #7C73DB #A9A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#4E42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#4E42CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42CF

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42CF	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.208 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78df',
    500: '#4e42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42cf;
$custom-light: #8e78df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.106,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48392,
    "c": 0.20779,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42CF

secondary

#CFD598

accent

#E345D5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42CF

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

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