#4E4496#4E4496

#4E4496 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.130 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4496
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 150)
HSL	hsl(247, 38%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(247, 55%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 54.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 26.48, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 51.23, 301.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% 0.0343 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.13 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7124, 7.9555, 29.8194)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4496 #8C9644

analogous

#446396 #4E4496 #774496

triadic

#4E4496 #964E44 #44964E

tetradic

#4E4496 #964463 #8C9644 #449677

square

#4E4496 #964463 #8C9644 #449677

split-complementary

#4E4496 #967744 #639644

monochromatic

#221E42 #38316C #4E4496 #6B60B7 #928ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#4E4496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4E4496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4496

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4496	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#195299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.130 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8578b5',
    500: '#4e4496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4496;
$custom-light: #8578b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.317,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44085,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4496

secondary

#AFB581

accent

#CE5AC0

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0B0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4496

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

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