#4E4E80#4E4E80

#4E4E80 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.081 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E80
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 128)
HSL	hsl(240, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(240, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, 13.22, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 31.16, 295.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0177 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.081 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7615, 8.6266, 21.5687)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E80 #80804E

analogous

#4E6780 #4E4E80 #674E80

triadic

#4E4E80 #804E4E #4E804E

tetradic

#4E4E80 #804E67 #80804E #4E8067

square

#4E4E80 #804E67 #80804E #4E8067

split-complementary

#4E4E80 #80674E #67804E

monochromatic

#202034 #37375A #4E4E80 #6868A3 #8E8EBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#4E4E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E4E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E80

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E80	1.00	7.71	2.73	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B517F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.081 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827fa5',
    500: '#4e4e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e80;
$custom-light: #827fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44692,
    "c": 0.08112,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E80

secondary

#A7A783

accent

#C167C1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0A0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E80

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

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