#4E42D9#4E42D9

#4E42D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.220 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42D9
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(245, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(245, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.77, 48.98, -75.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.77, 89.96, 302.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.3% 0.0312 -0.2178)
OKLCH	oklch(49.3% 0.22 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6104, 10.5244, 66.7356)
Luminance	0.1053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.00

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42D9 #CDD942

analogous

#4281D9 #4E42D9 #9942D9

triadic

#4E42D9 #D94E42 #42D94E

tetradic

#4E42D9 #D94281 #CDD942 #42D999

square

#4E42D9 #D94281 #CDD942 #42D999

split-complementary

#4E42D9 #D99942 #81D942

monochromatic

#231B86 #3125B9 #4E42D9 #7E75E3 #ADA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#4E42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#4E42D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42D9

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42D9	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.220 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078e6',
    500: '#4e42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42d9;
$custom-light: #9078e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.768,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49303,
    "c": 0.22,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42D9

secondary

#D6DB9C

accent

#E93EDC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42D9

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

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