#4E4AB3#4E4AB3

#4E4AB3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.162 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4AB3
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 179)
HSL	hsl(242, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 58.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 32.02, -55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 64.10, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.028 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.162 280)
XYZ	xyz(13.7248, 9.7710, 43.8019)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4AB3 #AFB34A

analogous

#4A7AB3 #4E4AB3 #834AB3

triadic

#4E4AB3 #B34E4A #4AB34E

tetradic

#4E4AB3 #B34A7A #AFB34A #4AB383

square

#4E4AB3 #B34A7A #AFB34A #4AB383

split-complementary

#4E4AB3 #B3834A #7AB34A

monochromatic

#28265C #3B3888 #4E4AB3 #7874C6 #A2A0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#4E4AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4E4AB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4AB3

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4AB3	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#196377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.162 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897dca',
    500: '#4e4ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4ab3;
$custom-light: #897dca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.286,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47362,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.09772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4AB3

secondary

#C3C494

accent

#D156CD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4AB3

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

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