#4E42DD#4E42DD

#4E42DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.225 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42DD
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(245, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(245, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.13, 50.23, -77.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.13, 92.06, 303.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% 0.0306 -0.2227)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.225 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1370, 10.7351, 69.5089)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.32

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42DD #D1DD42

analogous

#4284DD #4E42DD #9C42DD

triadic

#4E42DD #DD4E42 #42DD4E

tetradic

#4E42DD #DD4284 #D1DD42 #42DD9C

square

#4E42DD #DD4284 #D1DD42 #42DD9C

split-complementary

#4E42DD #DD9C42 #84DD42

monochromatic

#22198C #2F22BF #4E42DD #7F76E6 #AFAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#4E42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#4E42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42DD

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42DD	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.225 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9178e9',
    500: '#4e42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42dd;
$custom-light: #9178e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.645,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49673,
    "c": 0.22483,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42DD

secondary

#D8DD9D

accent

#EC3BDF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42DD

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