#4E4D79#4E4D79

#4E4D79 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.072 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D79
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 121)
HSL	hsl(241, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(241, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, 11.78, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 27.54, 295.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% 0.0175 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.072 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2460, 8.3077, 19.2018)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D79 #78794D

analogous

#4D6279 #4E4D79 #644D79

triadic

#4E4D79 #794E4D #4D794E

tetradic

#4E4D79 #794D62 #78794D #4D7964

square

#4E4D79 #794D62 #78794D #4D7964

split-complementary

#4E4D79 #79644D #62794D

monochromatic

#1E1D2E #363554 #4E4D79 #67669D #8C8BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#4E4D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E4D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D79

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D79	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40537B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43555D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.072 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817ea0',
    500: '#4e4d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d79;
$custom-light: #817ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.364,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44084,
    "c": 0.07168,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D79

secondary

#A1A280

accent

#BF69BD

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEEF2

border

#CAC9CC

text

#0A0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D79

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

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