#4E4AB7#4E4AB7

#4E4AB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.167 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4AB7
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 183)
HSL	hsl(242, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 59.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, 33.33, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 66.37, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.0279 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.167 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1352, 9.9352, 45.9634)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.42

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4AB7 #B3B74A

analogous

#4A7CB7 #4E4AB7 #844AB7

triadic

#4E4AB7 #B74E4A #4AB74E

tetradic

#4E4AB7 #B74A7C #B3B74A #4AB784

square

#4E4AB7 #B74A7C #B3B74A #4AB784

split-complementary

#4E4AB7 #B7844A #7CB74A

monochromatic

#282660 #3B388C #4E4AB7 #7976C8 #A4A2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#4E4AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4E4AB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4AB7

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4AB7	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#116479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.167 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897dcd',
    500: '#4e4ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4ab7;
$custom-light: #897dcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.202,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47675,
    "c": 0.16712,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4AB7

secondary

#C5C796

accent

#D355CE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0D0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4AB7

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

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