#4E50A5#4E50A5

#4E50A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.134 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50A5
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 165)
HSL	hsl(239, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(239, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 51.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.97, 23.65, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.97, 52.02, 297.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% 0.0209 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.134 279)
XYZ	xyz(12.8000, 10.0729, 36.8598)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50A5 #A5A34E

analogous

#4E7BA5 #4E50A5 #784EA5

triadic

#4E50A5 #A54E50 #50A54E

tetradic

#4E50A5 #A54E7B #A5A34E #4EA578

square

#4E50A5 #A54E7B #A5A34E #4EA578

split-complementary

#4E50A5 #A5784E #7BA54E

monochromatic

#272852 #3A3C7B #4E50A5 #7375BD #9D9ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#4E50A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#4E50A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50A5

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50A5	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B56A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#296373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.134 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8681c0',
    500: '#4e50a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50a5;
$custom-light: #8681c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.621,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47458,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.10074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50A5

secondary

#BDBC91

accent

#C95CCC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF7

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50A5

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

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