#4E4B8A#4E4B8A

#4E4B8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.101 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B8A
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 138)
HSL	hsl(243, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(243, 46%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 45.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 18.22, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 39.29, 297.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.0239 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.101 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2441, 8.4864, 25.1381)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B8A #878A4B

analogous

#4B688A #4E4B8A #6E4B8A

triadic

#4E4B8A #8A4E4B #4B8A4E

tetradic

#4E4B8A #8A4B68 #878A4B #4B8A6E

square

#4E4B8A #8A4B68 #878A4B #4B8A6E

split-complementary

#4E4B8A #8A6E4B #688A4B

monochromatic

#21203B #383562 #4E4B8A #6A66AC #908EC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#4E4B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E4B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B8A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B8A	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33548C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.101 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837dac',
    500: '#4e4b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b8a;
$custom-light: #837dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.857,
    "s": 29.577,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44658,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B8A

secondary

#ACAE83

accent

#C662C1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B8A

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

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