#4E4E9B#4E4E9B

#4E4E9B is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.122 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E9B
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 155)
HSL	hsl(240, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(240, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 49.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.81, 21.68, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.81, 47.45, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(46.38% 0.0223 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(46.38% 0.122 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7809, 9.4344, 32.2043)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E9B #9B9B4E

analogous

#4E749B #4E4E9B #744E9B

triadic

#4E4E9B #9B4E4E #4E9B4E

tetradic

#4E4E9B #9B4E74 #9B9B4E #4E9B74

square

#4E4E9B #9B4E74 #9B9B4E #4E9B74

split-complementary

#4E4E9B #9B744E #749B4E

monochromatic

#25254A #3A3A72 #4E4E9B #6F6FB7 #9898CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#4E4E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4E4E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E9B

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E9B	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#255499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.122 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857fb9',
    500: '#4e4e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e9b;
$custom-light: #857fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46376,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E9B

secondary

#B8B88D

accent

#C95FC9

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0B0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E9B

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

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