#4E438F#4E438F

#4E438F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.121 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E438F
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 143)
HSL	hsl(249, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(249, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 53.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.17, 24.92, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.17, 47.76, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.0351 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.121 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1055, 7.6168, 26.9190)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E438F #848F43

analogous

#435E8F #4E438F #74438F

triadic

#4E438F #8F4E43 #438F4E

tetradic

#4E438F #8F435E #848F43 #438F74

square

#4E438F #8F435E #848F43 #438F74

split-complementary

#4E438F #8F7443 #5E8F43

monochromatic

#211C3C #372F65 #4E438F #695CB3 #8F86C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#4E438F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E438F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E438F

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E438F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E438F	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e438f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.121 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8477b0',
    500: '#4e438f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e438f;
$custom-light: #8477b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e438f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.684,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.434,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E438F

secondary

#AAB17D

accent

#CC5CBC

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF5

border

#CAC8CF

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E438F

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

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