#4E4A8E#4E4A8E

#4E4A8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.109 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A8E
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 142)
HSL	hsl(244, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(244, 48%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 47.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 20.12, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 42.38, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% 0.0259 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.109 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4717, 8.4698, 26.6690)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A8E #8A8E4A

analogous

#4A688E #4E4A8E #704A8E

triadic

#4E4A8E #8E4E4A #4A8E4E

tetradic

#4E4A8E #8E4A68 #8A8E4A #4A8E70

square

#4E4A8E #8E4A68 #8A8E4A #4A8E70

split-complementary

#4E4A8E #8E704A #688E4A

monochromatic

#22203E #383566 #4E4A8E #6A66AF #918EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#4E4A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E4A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A8E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A8E	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C508C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.109 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837caf',
    500: '#4e4a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a8e;
$custom-light: #837caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4471,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A8E

secondary

#AEB084

accent

#C860C2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A8E

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

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