#4E438A#4E438A

#4E438A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.114 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E438A
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 138)
HSL	hsl(249, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(249, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 51.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 23.38, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 44.78, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.0347 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.114 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7352, 7.4686, 24.9685)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E438A #7F8A43

analogous

#435B8A #4E438A #71438A

triadic

#4E438A #8A4E43 #438A4E

tetradic

#4E438A #8A435B #7F8A43 #438A71

square

#4E438A #8A435B #7F8A43 #438A71

split-complementary

#4E438A #8A7143 #5B8A43

monochromatic

#1F1B38 #372F61 #4E438A #685BAF #8E84C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#4E438A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E438A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E438A

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E438A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E438A	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e438a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.114 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8377ac',
    500: '#4e438a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e438a;
$custom-light: #8377ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e438a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.296,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43057,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E438A

secondary

#A6AE7B

accent

#CB5DBA

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E438A

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

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