#4E4C80#4E4C80

#4E4C80 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.084 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C80
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 128)
HSL	hsl(242, 25%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(242, 41%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 40.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, 14.51, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 32.52, 296.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.0206 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.084 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6215, 8.3468, 21.5220)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C80 #7E804C

analogous

#4C6480 #4E4C80 #684C80

triadic

#4E4C80 #804E4C #4C804E

tetradic

#4E4C80 #804C64 #7E804C #4C8068

square

#4E4C80 #804C64 #7E804C #4C8068

split-complementary

#4E4C80 #80684C #64804C

monochromatic

#1F1E33 #37355A #4E4C80 #6865A4 #8E8CBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#4E4C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E4C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C80

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C80	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B5382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39507F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.084 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827ea5',
    500: '#4e4c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c80;
$custom-light: #827ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 25.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44263,
    "c": 0.08429,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C80

secondary

#A6A781

accent

#C266BE

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A090F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C80

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

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