#4E44DE#4E44DE

#4E44DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.224 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E44DE
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 222)
HSL	hsl(244, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(244, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 49.43, -76.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 91.43, 302.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% 0.0291 -0.222)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.224 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3895, 11.0263, 70.2523)
Luminance	0.1103 (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

#4E44DE #D4DE44

analogous

#4487DE #4E44DE #9B44DE

triadic

#4E44DE #DE4E44 #44DE4E

tetradic

#4E44DE #DE4487 #D4DE44 #44DE9B

square

#4E44DE #DE4487 #D4DE44 #44DE9B

split-complementary

#4E44DE #DE9B44 #87DE44

monochromatic

#21198E #2D22C2 #4E44DE #7F78E7 #B0ACF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#4E44DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#4E44DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E44DE

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E44DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E44DE	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e44de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.224 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9179ea',
    500: '#4e44de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e44de;
$custom-light: #9179ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e44de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.896,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50054,
    "c": 0.22393,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E44DE

secondary

#DADE9F

accent

#ED3BE1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E44DE

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

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