#4E4E8A#4E4E8A

#4E4E8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.097 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E8A
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(240, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(240, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.80, 16.29, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.80, 37.25, 295.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45.28% 0.0198 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(45.28% 0.097 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4524, 8.9030, 25.2075)
Luminance	0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E8A #8A8A4E

analogous

#4E6C8A #4E4E8A #6C4E8A

triadic

#4E4E8A #8A4E4E #4E8A4E

tetradic

#4E4E8A #8A4E6C #8A8A4E #4E8A6C

square

#4E4E8A #8A4E6C #8A8A4E #4E8A6C

split-complementary

#4E4E8A #8A6C4E #6C8A4E

monochromatic

#22223C #383863 #4E4E8A #6A6AAB #9191C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#4E4E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#4E4E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E8A

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E8A	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38568C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.097 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837fac',
    500: '#4e4e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e8a;
$custom-light: #837fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45282,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E8A

secondary

#AEAE86

accent

#C464C4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B0A10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E8A

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

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