#4E4A79#4E4A79

#4E4A79 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.077 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A79
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 121)
HSL	hsl(245, 24%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(245, 39%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 38.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 13.72, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 29.59, 297.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.0219 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.077 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0409, 7.8975, 19.1335)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A79 #75794A

analogous

#4A5D79 #4E4A79 #654A79

triadic

#4E4A79 #794E4A #4A794E

tetradic

#4E4A79 #794A5D #75794A #4A7965

square

#4E4A79 #794A5D #75794A #4A7965

split-complementary

#4E4A79 #79654A #5D794A

monochromatic

#1D1C2D #363353 #4E4A79 #67629F #8B87B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4E4A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E4A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A79

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A79	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C517B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.077 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817ca0',
    500: '#4e4a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a79;
$custom-light: #817ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.106,
    "s": 24.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43435,
    "c": 0.07657,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A79

secondary

#9FA27D

accent

#C167B9

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEEF2

border

#CAC9CC

text

#0A090E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A79

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

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