#4E4BB5#4E4BB5

#4E4BB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.163 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4BB5
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 181)
HSL	hsl(242, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 58.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 32.05, -56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 64.58, 299.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.0269 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.163 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.9958, 9.9871, 44.8973)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.74

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4BB5 #B2B54B

analogous

#4B7DB5 #4E4BB5 #834BB5

triadic

#4E4BB5 #B54E4B #4BB54E

tetradic

#4E4BB5 #B54B7D #B2B54B #4BB583

square

#4E4BB5 #B54B7D #B2B54B #4BB583

split-complementary

#4E4BB5 #B5834B #7DB54B

monochromatic

#29275F #3B398A #4E4BB5 #7976C7 #A3A2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#4E4BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#4E4BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4BB5

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4BB5	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#156478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.163 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897dcc',
    500: '#4e4bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4bb5;
$custom-light: #897dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.698,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47697,
    "c": 0.1631,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4BB5

secondary

#C4C696

accent

#D256CE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4BB5

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

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