#4E42D4#4E42D4

#4E42D4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.214 H 278.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42D4
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(245, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(245, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.32, 47.41, -73.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.32, 87.31, 302.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.032 -0.2115)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.214 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9699, 10.2682, 63.3623)
Luminance	0.1027 (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

#4E42D4 #C8D442

analogous

#427FD4 #4E42D4 #9742D4

triadic

#4E42D4 #D44E42 #42D44E

tetradic

#4E42D4 #D4427F #C8D442 #42D497

square

#4E42D4 #D4427F #C8D442 #42D497

split-complementary

#4E42D4 #D49742 #7FD442

monochromatic

#251D7F #3328B1 #4E42D4 #7D74DF #ABA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#4E42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#4E42D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42D4

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42D4	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.214 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78e2',
    500: '#4e42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42d4;
$custom-light: #8f78e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.932,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48845,
    "c": 0.21393,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42D4

secondary

#D3D89A

accent

#E642D8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42D4

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

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