#4E4AD8#4E4AD8

#4E4AD8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.210 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4AD8
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(242, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 44.07, -72.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 84.64, 301.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.0256 -0.2084)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.21 277)
XYZ	xyz(17.9813, 11.4736, 66.2195)
Luminance	0.1148 (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

#4E4AD8 #D4D84A

analogous

#4A8DD8 #4E4AD8 #954AD8

triadic

#4E4AD8 #D84E4A #4AD84E

tetradic

#4E4AD8 #D84A8D #D4D84A #4AD895

square

#4E4AD8 #D84A8D #D4D84A #4AD895

split-complementary

#4E4AD8 #D8954A #8DD84A

monochromatic

#211E8A #2D29BC #4E4AD8 #7F7CE3 #B0AFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#4E4AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#4E4AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4AD8

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4AD8	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.210 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7de5',
    500: '#4e4ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4ad8;
$custom-light: #8f7de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.69,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50429,
    "c": 0.20999,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.11475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4AD8

secondary

#DADCA2

accent

#E840E3

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4AD8

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

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