#4C5ECE#4C5ECE

#4C5ECE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.173 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C5ECE
RGB	rgb(76, 94, 206)
HSL	hsl(232, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(232, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 54.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 28.17, -60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 66.50, 295.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.0068 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.173 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1201, 13.9966, 60.1273)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C5ECE #CEBC4C

analogous

#4C9FCE #4C5ECE #7B4CCE

triadic

#4C5ECE #CE4C5E #5ECE4C

tetradic

#4C5ECE #CE4C9F #CEBC4C #4CCE7B

square

#4C5ECE #CE4C9F #CEBC4C #4CCE7B

split-complementary

#4C5ECE #CE7B4C #9FCE4C

monochromatic

#222F7D #2F41AD #4C5ECE #7C89DB #ACB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#4C5ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#4C5ECE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C5ECE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C5ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C5ECE	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#086FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00798D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c5ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 94, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.173 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8bde',
    500: '#4c5ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c5ece;
$custom-light: #8b8bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c5ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.692,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53004,
    "c": 0.17314,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C5ECE

secondary

#D6CFA0

accent

#CB48E0

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0C15

muted

#7E7D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C5ECE

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

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