#4E42D2#4E42D2

#4E42D2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.211 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42D2
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(245, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(245, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.14, 46.78, -72.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.14, 86.25, 302.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% 0.0323 -0.209)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.211 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7192, 10.1680, 62.0418)
Luminance	0.1017 (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

#4E42D2 #C6D242

analogous

#427ED2 #4E42D2 #9642D2

triadic

#4E42D2 #D24E42 #42D24E

tetradic

#4E42D2 #D2427E #C6D242 #42D296

square

#4E42D2 #D2427E #C6D242 #42D296

split-complementary

#4E42D2 #D29642 #7ED242

monochromatic

#251E7C #3429AD #4E42D2 #7C73DE #ABA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#4E42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#4E42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42D2

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42D2	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.211 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78e1',
    500: '#4e42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42d2;
$custom-light: #8f78e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48663,
    "c": 0.21148,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42D2

secondary

#D1D799

accent

#E543D7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42D2

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

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