#4E42DA#4E42DA

#4E42DA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.221 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42DA
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(245, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(245, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 49.29, -75.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 90.49, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.0311 -0.219)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.221 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7409, 10.5766, 67.4227)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.07

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42DA #CEDA42

analogous

#4282DA #4E42DA #9A42DA

triadic

#4E42DA #DA4E42 #42DA4E

tetradic

#4E42DA #DA4282 #CEDA42 #42DA9A

square

#4E42DA #DA4282 #CEDA42 #42DA9A

split-complementary

#4E42DA #DA9A42 #82DA42

monochromatic

#231A87 #3024BA #4E42DA #7E75E4 #AEA8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#4E42DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#4E42DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42DA

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42DA	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.221 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078e7',
    500: '#4e42da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42da;
$custom-light: #9078e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.737,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49395,
    "c": 0.22122,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42DA

secondary

#D7DB9C

accent

#EA3EDD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42DA

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

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