#4E44A5#4E44A5

#4E44A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.151 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E44A5
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 165)
HSL	hsl(246, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(246, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 58.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 31.24, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 59.99, 301.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.2% 0.0345 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(45.2% 0.151 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9985, 8.4699, 36.5926)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E44A5 #9BA544

analogous

#446AA5 #4E44A5 #7E44A5

triadic

#4E44A5 #A54E44 #44A54E

tetradic

#4E44A5 #A5446A #9BA544 #44A57E

square

#4E44A5 #A5446A #9BA544 #44A57E

split-complementary

#4E44A5 #A57E44 #6AA544

monochromatic

#25204E #3A327A #4E44A5 #6F66C0 #9892D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#4E44A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E44A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E44A5

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E44A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E44A5	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e44a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.151 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8778c0',
    500: '#4e44a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e44a5;
$custom-light: #8778c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e44a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.186,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45201,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E44A5

secondary

#B8BD87

accent

#D156C5

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E44A5

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

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