#4E4BB4#4E4BB4

#4E4BB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.162 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4BB4
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 180)
HSL	hsl(242, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 58.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 31.73, -55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 64.01, 299.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.0269 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.162 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8936, 9.9462, 44.3589)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4BB4 #B1B44B

analogous

#4B7DB4 #4E4BB4 #824BB4

triadic

#4E4BB4 #B44E4B #4BB44E

tetradic

#4E4BB4 #B44B7D #B1B44B #4BB482

square

#4E4BB4 #B44B7D #B1B44B #4BB482

split-complementary

#4E4BB4 #B4824B #7DB44B

monochromatic

#29275E #3B3989 #4E4BB4 #7876C6 #A3A1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#4E4BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4E4BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4BB4

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4BB4	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#176478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.162 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897dcb',
    500: '#4e4bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4bb4;
$custom-light: #897dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4762,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4BB4

secondary

#C4C596

accent

#D157CE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4BB4

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

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