#4E42ED#4E42ED

#4E42ED is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.244 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E42ED
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 237)
HSL	hsl(244, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(244, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 55.17, -83.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 100.34, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.0277 -0.2421)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.244 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3712, 11.6287, 81.2754)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E42ED #E1ED42

analogous

#428BED #4E42ED #A442ED

triadic

#4E42ED #ED4E42 #42ED4E

tetradic

#4E42ED #ED428B #E1ED42 #42EDA4

square

#4E42ED #ED428B #E1ED42 #42EDA4

split-complementary

#4E42ED #EDA442 #8BED42

monochromatic

#1A10A5 #2315DD #4E42ED #827AF2 #B7B2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#4E42ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#4E42ED on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E42ED

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E42ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E42ED	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e42ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.244 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9479f4',
    500: '#4e42ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e42ed;
$custom-light: #9479f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e42ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.211,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51183,
    "c": 0.24373,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E42ED

secondary

#E2E7A4

accent

#F92FEB

background

#FAF7FF

surface

#F3EDFF

border

#CDC8D7

text

#0F0917

muted

#7F7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E42ED

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

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