#4E4B99#4E4B99

#4E4B99 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.124 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B99
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 153)
HSL	hsl(242, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(242, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 51%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, 22.96, -42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 48.28, 298.40°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% 0.0258 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.124 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4060, 8.9512, 31.2576)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B99 #96994B

analogous

#4B6F99 #4E4B99 #754B99

triadic

#4E4B99 #994E4B #4B994E

tetradic

#4E4B99 #994B6F #96994B #4B9975

square

#4E4B99 #994B6F #96994B #4B9975

split-complementary

#4E4B99 #99754B #6F994B

monochromatic

#242347 #393770 #4E4B99 #6E6BB6 #9694CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#4E4B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E4B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B99

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B99	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27579C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#225297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.124 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857db7',
    500: '#4e4b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b99;
$custom-light: #857db7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45644,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B99

secondary

#B5B789

accent

#CA5EC6

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0B0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B99

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

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