#4E42DB#4E42DB

#4E42DB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.222 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42DB
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(245, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(245, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.95, 49.60, -76.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.95, 91.02, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% 0.0309 -0.2203)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.222 278)
XYZ	xyz(17.8722, 10.6291, 68.1139)
Luminance	0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.15

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42DB #CFDB42

analogous

#4282DB #4E42DB #9A42DB

triadic

#4E42DB #DB4E42 #42DB4E

tetradic

#4E42DB #DB4282 #CFDB42 #42DB9A

square

#4E42DB #DB4282 #CFDB42 #42DB9A

split-complementary

#4E42DB #DB9A42 #82DB42

monochromatic

#231A89 #3024BC #4E42DB #7E75E5 #AEA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#4E42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#4E42DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42DB

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42DB	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.222 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078e7',
    500: '#4e42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42db;
$custom-light: #9078e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.706,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49487,
    "c": 0.22242,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.10631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42DB

secondary

#D7DC9D

accent

#EB3DDD

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42DB

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

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