#4E4AA9#4E4AA9

#4E4AA9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.148 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4AA9
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 169)
HSL	hsl(243, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(243, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 56.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.71, 28.76, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.71, 58.34, 299.54°)
OKLab	oklab(46.6% 0.0279 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(46.6% 0.148 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7499, 9.3811, 38.6673)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4AA9 #A5A94A

analogous

#4A76A9 #4E4AA9 #7D4AA9

triadic

#4E4AA9 #A94E4A #4AA94E

tetradic

#4E4AA9 #A94A76 #A5A94A #4AA97D

square

#4E4AA9 #A94A76 #A5A94A #4AA97D

split-complementary

#4E4AA9 #A97D4A #76A94A

monochromatic

#272554 #3A377E #4E4AA9 #7370C0 #9D9AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#4E4AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4E4AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4AA9

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4AA9	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#085AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#266072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.148 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877cc3',
    500: '#4e4aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4aa9;
$custom-light: #877cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.526,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46599,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4AA9

secondary

#BDBF8F

accent

#CF59CA

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4AA9

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

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