#4E42D0#4E42D0

#4E42D0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.209 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42D0
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(245, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(245, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.97, 46.15, -71.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.97, 85.18, 302.81°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.0326 -0.2065)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.209 279)
XYZ	xyz(16.4716, 10.0689, 60.7378)
Luminance	0.1007 (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

#4E42D0 #C4D042

analogous

#427DD0 #4E42D0 #9542D0

triadic

#4E42D0 #D04E42 #42D04E

tetradic

#4E42D0 #D0427D #C4D042 #42D095

square

#4E42D0 #D0427D #C4D042 #42D095

split-complementary

#4E42D0 #D09542 #7DD042

monochromatic

#261E79 #352AAA #4E42D0 #7C73DC #AAA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#4E42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#4E42D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42D0

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42D0	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.209 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78e0',
    500: '#4e42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42d0;
$custom-light: #8e78e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.07,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48482,
    "c": 0.20902,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.1007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42D0

secondary

#D0D599

accent

#E344D6

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42D0

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

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