#4E4B8B#4E4B8B

#4E4B8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.103 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B8B
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 139)
HSL	hsl(243, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(243, 46%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 46%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.03, 18.53, -35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.03, 39.89, 297.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.0241 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.103 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3168, 8.5155, 25.5212)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B8B #888B4B

analogous

#4B688B #4E4B8B #6E4B8B

triadic

#4E4B8B #8B4E4B #4B8B4E

tetradic

#4E4B8B #8B4B68 #888B4B #4B8B6E

square

#4E4B8B #8B4B68 #888B4B #4B8B6E

split-complementary

#4E4B8B #8B6E4B #688B4B

monochromatic

#21203B #383663 #4E4B8B #6A66AD #918EC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#4E4B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E4B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B8B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B8B	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33548D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30508A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.103 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837dad',
    500: '#4e4b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b8b;
$custom-light: #837dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.813,
    "s": 29.907,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44721,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B8B

secondary

#ACAE84

accent

#C662C1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B8B

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

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