#4E509B#4E509B

#4E509B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.119 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E509B
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 155)
HSL	hsl(238, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(238, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 48.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 20.39, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 46.11, 296.25°)
OKLab	oklab(46.78% 0.0198 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(46.78% 0.119 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9251, 9.7229, 32.2523)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E509B #9B994E

analogous

#4E769B #4E509B #724E9B

triadic

#4E509B #9B4E50 #509B4E

tetradic

#4E509B #9B4E76 #9B994E #4E9B72

square

#4E509B #9B4E76 #9B994E #4E9B72

split-complementary

#4E509B #9B724E #769B4E

monochromatic

#25264A #3A3B72 #4E509B #6F71B7 #9899CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#4E509B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4E509B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E509B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E509B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E509B	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#295599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e509b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.119 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8581b9',
    500: '#4e509b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e509b;
$custom-light: #8581b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e509b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.442,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46778,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E509B

secondary

#B8B78D

accent

#C65FC9

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0B0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E509B

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

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