#4E508A#4E508A

#4E508A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.094 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E508A
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 138)
HSL	hsl(238, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(238, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 42%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 15.00, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 35.91, 294.69°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% 0.0171 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.094 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5966, 9.1915, 25.2556)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E508A #8A884E

analogous

#4E6E8A #4E508A #6A4E8A

triadic

#4E508A #8A4E50 #508A4E

tetradic

#4E508A #8A4E6E #8A884E #4E8A6A

square

#4E508A #8A4E6E #8A884E #4E8A6A

split-complementary

#4E508A #8A6A4E #6E8A4E

monochromatic

#22233C #383963 #4E508A #6A6CAB #9193C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#4E508A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E508A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E508A

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E508A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E508A	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B588C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e508a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.094 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8381ac',
    500: '#4e508a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e508a;
$custom-light: #8381ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e508a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45704,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E508A

secondary

#AEAC86

accent

#C164C4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B0A10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E508A

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

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