#4E488A#4E488A

#4E488A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.106 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E488A
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 138)
HSL	hsl(245, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(245, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 47.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.17, 20.16, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.17, 41.34, 299.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.028 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.106 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0454, 8.0890, 25.0719)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E488A #848A48

analogous

#48638A #4E488A #6F488A

triadic

#4E488A #8A4E48 #488A4E

tetradic

#4E488A #8A4863 #848A48 #488A6F

square

#4E488A #8A4863 #848A48 #488A6F

split-complementary

#4E488A #8A6F48 #638A48

monochromatic

#211E3A #373362 #4E488A #6962AD #8F8AC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#4E488A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4E488A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E488A

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E488A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E488A	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E528C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e488a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.106 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837bac',
    500: '#4e488a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e488a;
$custom-light: #837bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e488a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44047,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E488A

secondary

#AAAE80

accent

#C860BE

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E488A

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

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