#4E4E81#4E4E81

#4E4E81 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.083 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E81
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 129)
HSL	hsl(240, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(240, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 13.52, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 31.77, 295.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.018 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.083 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8276, 8.6531, 21.9170)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E81 #81814E

analogous

#4E6781 #4E4E81 #674E81

triadic

#4E4E81 #814E4E #4E814E

tetradic

#4E4E81 #814E67 #81814E #4E8167

square

#4E4E81 #814E67 #81814E #4E8167

split-complementary

#4E4E81 #81674E #67814E

monochromatic

#202035 #37375B #4E4E81 #6868A4 #8E8EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#4E4E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E4E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E81

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E81	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.083 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827fa6',
    500: '#4e4e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e81;
$custom-light: #827fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44749,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E81

secondary

#A8A883

accent

#C167C1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0A0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E81

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

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