#4E4591#4E4591

#4E4591 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.121 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4591
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 145)
HSL	hsl(247, 36%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(247, 52%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 52.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 24.27, -40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 47.59, 300.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.0327 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.121 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3794, 7.9198, 27.7644)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4591 #889145

analogous

#456291 #4E4591 #744591

triadic

#4E4591 #914E45 #45914E

tetradic

#4E4591 #914562 #889145 #459174

square

#4E4591 #914562 #889145 #459174

split-complementary

#4E4591 #917445 #629145

monochromatic

#211E3E #383168 #4E4591 #6A60B3 #9189C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#4E4591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E4591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4591

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4591	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.121 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8479b2',
    500: '#4e4591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4591;
$custom-light: #8479b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.105,
    "s": 35.514,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43923,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4591

secondary

#ACB280

accent

#CC5CBE

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4591

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

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