#4E4A73#4E4A73

#4E4A73 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.067 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A73
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 115)
HSL	hsl(246, 22%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(246, 36%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 35.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 11.98, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 25.88, 297.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.0204 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.067 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6844, 7.7549, 17.2556)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A73 #6F734A

analogous

#4A5B73 #4E4A73 #634A73

triadic

#4E4A73 #734E4A #4A734E

tetradic

#4E4A73 #734A5B #6F734A #4A7363

square

#4E4A73 #734A5B #6F734A #4A7363

split-complementary

#4E4A73 #73634A #5B734A

monochromatic

#1B1A29 #35324E #4E4A73 #676298 #8A86B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#4E4A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E4A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A73

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A73	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#455159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.067 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817c9b',
    500: '#4e4a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a73;
$custom-light: #817c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.854,
    "s": 21.693,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43105,
    "c": 0.06708,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A73

secondary

#9A9E7B

accent

#BE6AB6

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A090E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A73

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

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