#4E4D74#4E4D74

#4E4D74 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.064 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D74
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 116)
HSL	hsl(242, 20%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(242, 34%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 33.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.37, 10.33, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.37, 24.45, 295.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.0161 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.064 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9473, 8.1882, 17.6287)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D74 #73744D

analogous

#4D5F74 #4E4D74 #614D74

triadic

#4E4D74 #744E4D #4D744E

tetradic

#4E4D74 #744D5F #73744D #4D7461

square

#4E4D74 #744D5F #73744D #4D7461

split-complementary

#4E4D74 #74614D #5F744D

monochromatic

#1D1C2A #35354F #4E4D74 #676599 #8B8AB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#4E4D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E4D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D74

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D74	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.064 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817e9c',
    500: '#4e4d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d74;
$custom-light: #817e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.538,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43816,
    "c": 0.06371,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D74

secondary

#9E9E7E

accent

#BD6BBB

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D74

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

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