#4E4DE5#4E4DE5

#4E4DE5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.223 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4DE5
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 66.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 46.52, -76.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 89.78, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.022 -0.2217)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.223 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9340, 12.5828, 75.4918)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4DE5 #E4E54D

analogous

#4D98E5 #4E4DE5 #9A4DE5

triadic

#4E4DE5 #E54E4D #4DE54E

tetradic

#4E4DE5 #E54D98 #E4E54D #4DE59A

square

#4E4DE5 #E54D98 #E4E54D #4DE59A

split-complementary

#4E4DE5 #E59A4D #98E54D

monochromatic

#1817A0 #201FD6 #4E4DE5 #8382ED #B8B8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#4E4DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#4E4DE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4DE5

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4DE5	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.223 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9180ee',
    500: '#4e4de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4de5;
$custom-light: #9180ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.395,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52045,
    "c": 0.22278,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4DE5

secondary

#E4E4AA

accent

#F137F0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4DE5

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

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