#4E4EA4#4E4EA4

#4E4EA4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.135 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4EA4
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 164)
HSL	hsl(240, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(240, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 52.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, 24.60, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 52.76, 297.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47% 0.0231 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(47% 0.135 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5650, 9.7481, 36.3342)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4EA4 #A4A44E

analogous

#4E79A4 #4E4EA4 #794EA4

triadic

#4E4EA4 #A44E4E #4EA44E

tetradic

#4E4EA4 #A44E79 #A4A44E #4EA479

square

#4E4EA4 #A44E79 #A4A44E #4EA479

split-complementary

#4E4EA4 #A4794E #79A44E

monochromatic

#272751 #3A3A7B #4E4EA4 #7373BC #9C9CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#4E4EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4E4EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4EA4

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4EA4	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1855A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A6171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.135 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867fbf',
    500: '#4e4ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4ea4;
$custom-light: #867fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46997,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4EA4

secondary

#BDBD91

accent

#CC5CCC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF7

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4EA4

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

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