#4E508C#4E508C

#4E508C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.097 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E508C
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 140)
HSL	hsl(238, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(238, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 42.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.46, 15.62, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.46, 37.12, 294.89°)
OKLab	oklab(45.83% 0.0175 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(45.83% 0.097 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7428, 9.2500, 26.0252)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E508C #8C8A4E

analogous

#4E6F8C #4E508C #6B4E8C

triadic

#4E508C #8C4E50 #508C4E

tetradic

#4E508C #8C4E6F #8C8A4E #4E8C6B

square

#4E508C #8C4E6F #8C8A4E #4E8C6B

split-complementary

#4E508C #8C6B4E #6F8C4E

monochromatic

#22233D #383A65 #4E508C #6B6DAC #9294C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#4E508C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E508C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E508C

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E508C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E508C	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A588E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36548B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e508c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.097 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8381ae',
    500: '#4e508c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e508c;
$custom-light: #8381ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e508c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.065,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45825,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E508C

secondary

#AFAE87

accent

#C263C5

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B0A10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E508C

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

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