#4E509D#4E509D

#4E509D is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.122 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E509D
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 157)
HSL	hsl(238, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(238, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 49%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 21.04, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 47.30, 296.41°)
OKLab	oklab(46.91% 0.0201 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(46.91% 0.122 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0945, 9.7907, 33.1442)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E509D #9D9B4E

analogous

#4E779D #4E509D #734E9D

triadic

#4E509D #9D4E50 #509D4E

tetradic

#4E509D #9D4E77 #9D9B4E #4E9D73

square

#4E509D #9D4E77 #9D9B4E #4E9D73

split-complementary

#4E509D #9D734E #779D4E

monochromatic

#25264B #3A3B74 #4E509D #7072B8 #999ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#4E509D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4E509D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E509D

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E509D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E509D	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27559B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30616F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e509d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.122 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8581ba',
    500: '#4e509d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e509d;
$custom-light: #8581ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e509d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.481,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46911,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E509D

secondary

#B9B88E

accent

#C75ECA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0B0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E509D

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

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