#4E488B#4E488B

#4E488B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.107 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E488B
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 139)
HSL	hsl(245, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(245, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 48.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.23, 20.47, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.23, 41.94, 299.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% 0.0281 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.107 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1181, 8.1181, 25.4549)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E488B #858B48

analogous

#48648B #4E488B #70488B

triadic

#4E488B #8B4E48 #488B4E

tetradic

#4E488B #8B4864 #858B48 #488B70

square

#4E488B #8B4864 #858B48 #488B70

split-complementary

#4E488B #8B7048 #648B48

monochromatic

#211E3A #373363 #4E488B #6962AE #908BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4E488B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4E488B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E488B

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E488B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E488B	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E528D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e488b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.107 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837bad',
    500: '#4e488b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e488b;
$custom-light: #837bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e488b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.373,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44112,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E488B

secondary

#AAAE80

accent

#C860BF

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E488B

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

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