#4E42DC#4E42DC

#4E42DC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.224 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42DC
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(245, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(245, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.04, 49.92, -76.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.04, 91.54, 303.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.58% 0.0307 -0.2215)
OKLCH	oklch(49.58% 0.224 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0042, 10.6819, 68.8093)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.24

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42DC #D0DC42

analogous

#4283DC #4E42DC #9B42DC

triadic

#4E42DC #DC4E42 #42DC4E

tetradic

#4E42DC #DC4283 #D0DC42 #42DC9B

square

#4E42DC #DC4283 #D0DC42 #42DC9B

split-complementary

#4E42DC #DC9B42 #83DC42

monochromatic

#221A8A #2F23BE #4E42DC #7E76E6 #AFA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#4E42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#4E42DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42DC

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42DC	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.224 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078e8',
    500: '#4e42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42dc;
$custom-light: #9078e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.675,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4958,
    "c": 0.22363,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42DC

secondary

#D8DD9D

accent

#EC3CDE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42DC

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