#4E4495#4E4495

#4E4495 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.128 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4495
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 149)
HSL	hsl(247, 37%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(247, 54%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 54.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 26.16, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 50.64, 301.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.0342 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.128 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6322, 7.9234, 29.3971)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4495 #8B9544

analogous

#446395 #4E4495 #764495

triadic

#4E4495 #954E44 #44954E

tetradic

#4E4495 #954463 #8B9544 #449576

square

#4E4495 #954463 #8B9544 #449576

split-complementary

#4E4495 #957644 #639544

monochromatic

#221E41 #38316B #4E4495 #6B60B6 #928ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#4E4495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E4495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4495

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4495	1.00	8.12	2.58	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B5298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.128 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8578b5',
    500: '#4e4495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4495;
$custom-light: #8578b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.407,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44013,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4495

secondary

#AEB580

accent

#CD5BBF

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0B0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4495

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

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