#4E4AD4#4E4AD4

#4E4AD4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.205 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4AD4
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 212)
HSL	hsl(242, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(242, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 65.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.03, 42.78, -70.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.03, 82.48, 301.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.026 -0.2033)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.205 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4705, 11.2693, 63.5291)
Luminance	0.1127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Warm Blue

#4B57DB

ΔE00 4.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4AD4 #D0D44A

analogous

#4A8BD4 #4E4AD4 #934AD4

triadic

#4E4AD4 #D44E4A #4AD44E

tetradic

#4E4AD4 #D44A8B #D0D44A #4AD493

square

#4E4AD4 #D44A8B #D0D44A #4AD493

split-complementary

#4E4AD4 #D4934A #8BD44A

monochromatic

#221F84 #2F2BB6 #4E4AD4 #7E7BE0 #AFADEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#4E4AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#4E4AD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4AD4

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4AD4	1.00	6.45	3.25	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.205 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7de2',
    500: '#4e4ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4ad4;
$custom-light: #8e7de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.739,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5008,
    "c": 0.20496,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4AD4

secondary

#D8D9A0

accent

#E543E0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4AD4

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

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