#4E42D3#4E42D3

#4E42D3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.213 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42D3
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(245, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(245, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.23, 47.10, -72.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.23, 86.78, 302.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% 0.0322 -0.2103)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.213 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8442, 10.2179, 62.7000)
Luminance	0.1022 (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

#4E42D3 #C7D342

analogous

#427ED3 #4E42D3 #9742D3

triadic

#4E42D3 #D34E42 #42D34E

tetradic

#4E42D3 #D3427E #C7D342 #42D397

square

#4E42D3 #D3427E #C7D342 #42D397

split-complementary

#4E42D3 #D39742 #7ED342

monochromatic

#251D7D #3429AF #4E42D3 #7C74DF #ABA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#4E42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#4E42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42D3

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42D3	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.213 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78e2',
    500: '#4e42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42d3;
$custom-light: #8f78e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.966,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48754,
    "c": 0.2127,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42D3

secondary

#D2D79A

accent

#E542D8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42D3

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

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