#4E4D99#4E4D99

#4E4D99 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.121 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D99
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 153)
HSL	hsl(241, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(241, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 49.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 21.68, -41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 46.93, 297.51°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% 0.0233 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.121 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5438, 9.2268, 31.3035)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D99 #98994D

analogous

#4D7299 #4E4D99 #744D99

triadic

#4E4D99 #994E4D #4D994E

tetradic

#4E4D99 #994D72 #98994D #4D9974

square

#4E4D99 #994D72 #98994D #4D9974

split-complementary

#4E4D99 #99744D #72994D

monochromatic

#242448 #393970 #4E4D99 #6E6DB6 #9796CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#4E4D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E4D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D99

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D99	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B589C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#265397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.121 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857eb7',
    500: '#4e4d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d99;
$custom-light: #857eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.789,
    "s": 33.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46041,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D99

secondary

#B6B78B

accent

#C95FC8

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0B0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D99

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

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