#4E42D5#4E42D5

#4E42D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.215 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42D5
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(245, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(245, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.41, 47.72, -73.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.41, 87.85, 302.91°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% 0.0318 -0.2128)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.215 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0965, 10.3189, 64.0287)
Luminance	0.1032 (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

#4E42D5 #C9D542

analogous

#4280D5 #4E42D5 #9842D5

triadic

#4E42D5 #D54E42 #42D54E

tetradic

#4E42D5 #D54280 #C9D542 #42D598

square

#4E42D5 #D54280 #C9D542 #42D598

split-complementary

#4E42D5 #D59842 #80D542

monochromatic

#251C80 #3328B2 #4E42D5 #7D74E0 #ACA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#4E42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#4E42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42D5

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42D5	1.00	6.85	3.06	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.215 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78e3',
    500: '#4e42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42d5;
$custom-light: #8f78e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.898,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48936,
    "c": 0.21515,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42D5

secondary

#D3D89A

accent

#E741D9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42D5

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

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