#4E4AD9#4E4AD9

#4E4AD9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.211 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4AD9
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 217)
HSL	hsl(242, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(242, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 44.39, -72.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 85.18, 301.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% 0.0255 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.211 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1110, 11.5255, 66.9024)
Luminance	0.1153 (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

#4E4AD9 #D5D94A

analogous

#4A8ED9 #4E4AD9 #954AD9

triadic

#4E4AD9 #D94E4A #4AD94E

tetradic

#4E4AD9 #D94A8E #D5D94A #4AD995

square

#4E4AD9 #D94A8E #D5D94A #4AD995

split-complementary

#4E4AD9 #D9954A #8ED94A

monochromatic

#201D8B #2C28BE #4E4AD9 #7F7DE4 #B1AFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#4E4AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#4E4AD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4AD9

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4AD9	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.211 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7de6',
    500: '#4e4ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4ad9;
$custom-light: #8f7de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.678,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50516,
    "c": 0.21124,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4AD9

secondary

#DBDCA2

accent

#E840E4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4AD9

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

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