#4E508B#4E508B

#4E508B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.095 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E508B
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 139)
HSL	hsl(238, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(238, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 42.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 15.31, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 36.51, 294.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.76% 0.0173 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(45.76% 0.095 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6694, 9.2206, 25.6387)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E508B #8B894E

analogous

#4E6E8B #4E508B #6B4E8B

triadic

#4E508B #8B4E50 #508B4E

tetradic

#4E508B #8B4E6E #8B894E #4E8B6B

square

#4E508B #8B4E6E #8B894E #4E8B6B

split-complementary

#4E508B #8B6B4E #6E8B4E

monochromatic

#22233D #383964 #4E508B #6B6DAC #9293C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#4E508B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E508B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E508B

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E508B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E508B	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B588D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37538A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e508b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.095 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8381ad',
    500: '#4e508b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e508b;
$custom-light: #8381ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e508b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.033,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45764,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E508B

secondary

#AEAD87

accent

#C163C4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B0A10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E508B

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

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