#4E4EA8#4E4EA8

#4E4EA8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.141 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4EA8
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 168)
HSL	hsl(240, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(240, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 53.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 25.90, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 55.10, 298.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% 0.0234 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.141 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9320, 9.8948, 38.2667)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4EA8 #A8A84E

analogous

#4E7BA8 #4E4EA8 #7B4EA8

triadic

#4E4EA8 #A84E4E #4EA84E

tetradic

#4E4EA8 #A84E7B #A8A84E #4EA87B

square

#4E4EA8 #A84E7B #A8A84E #4EA87B

split-complementary

#4E4EA8 #A87B4E #7BA84E

monochromatic

#272754 #3B3B7E #4E4EA8 #7575BF #9E9ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#4E4EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4E4EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4EA8

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4EA8	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C5CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E55A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#266273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.141 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877fc2',
    500: '#4e4ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4ea8;
$custom-light: #877fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47282,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4EA8

secondary

#BFBF93

accent

#CD5BCD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4EA8

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

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