#4E4E8B#4E4E8B

#4E4E8B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.098 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E8B
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(240, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(240, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.85, 16.60, -34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.85, 37.86, 296.01°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% 0.02 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.098 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5251, 8.9321, 25.5906)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E8B #8B8B4E

analogous

#4E6C8B #4E4E8B #6C4E8B

triadic

#4E4E8B #8B4E4E #4E8B4E

tetradic

#4E4E8B #8B4E6C #8B8B4E #4E8B6C

square

#4E4E8B #8B4E6C #8B8B4E #4E8B6C

split-complementary

#4E4E8B #8B6C4E #6C8B4E

monochromatic

#22223D #383864 #4E4E8B #6B6BAC #9292C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#4E4E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E4E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E8B

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E8B	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38578D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34528A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.098 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837fad',
    500: '#4e4e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e8b;
$custom-light: #837fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45343,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E8B

secondary

#AEAE87

accent

#C463C4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B0A10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E8B

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

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