#4E4A80#4E4A80

#4E4A80 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.087 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A80
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 128)
HSL	hsl(244, 27%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(244, 42%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, 15.81, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 33.89, 297.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.0235 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.087 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4859, 8.0755, 21.4768)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A80 #7C804A

analogous

#4A6180 #4E4A80 #694A80

triadic

#4E4A80 #804E4A #4A804E

tetradic

#4E4A80 #804A61 #7C804A #4A8069

square

#4E4A80 #804A61 #7C804A #4A8069

split-complementary

#4E4A80 #80694A #61804A

monochromatic

#1F1D32 #363459 #4E4A80 #6763A5 #8D89BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#4E4A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4E4A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A80

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A80	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#374F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40545F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.087 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827ca5',
    500: '#4e4a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a80;
$custom-light: #827ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 26.733,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43839,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A80

secondary

#A4A77F

accent

#C365BC

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B090F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A80

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

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