#4E42D6#4E42D6

#4E42D6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.216 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42D6
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(245, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(245, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 48.04, -74.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 88.38, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% 0.0317 -0.214)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.216 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2238, 10.3698, 64.6992)
Luminance	0.1037 (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

#4E42D6 #CAD642

analogous

#4280D6 #4E42D6 #9842D6

triadic

#4E42D6 #D64E42 #42D64E

tetradic

#4E42D6 #D64280 #CAD642 #42D698

square

#4E42D6 #D64280 #CAD642 #42D698

split-complementary

#4E42D6 #D69842 #80D642

monochromatic

#241C82 #3227B4 #4E42D6 #7D74E1 #ACA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#4E42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#4E42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42D6

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42D6	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.216 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f78e4',
    500: '#4e42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42d6;
$custom-light: #8f78e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.865,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49027,
    "c": 0.21637,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42D6

secondary

#D4D99B

accent

#E740DA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42D6

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

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