#4E44AE#4E44AE

#4E44AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.163 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E44AE
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 174)
HSL	hsl(246, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(246, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 60.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, 34.12, -55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 65.15, 301.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.91% 0.0342 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(45.91% 0.163 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8466, 8.8092, 41.0596)
Luminance	0.0881 (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

#4E44AE #A4AE44

analogous

#446FAE #4E44AE #8344AE

triadic

#4E44AE #AE4E44 #44AE4E

tetradic

#4E44AE #AE446F #A4AE44 #44AE83

square

#4E44AE #AE446F #A4AE44 #44AE83

split-complementary

#4E44AE #AE8344 #6FAE44

monochromatic

#272256 #3A3382 #4E44AE #736AC5 #9C96D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#4E44AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E44AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E44AE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E44AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E44AE	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#215D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e44ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.163 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8878c7',
    500: '#4e44ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e44ae;
$custom-light: #8878c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e44ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.66,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45907,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E44AE

secondary

#BDC28C

accent

#D454C8

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E44AE

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

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