#4E50A8#4E50A8

#4E50A8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.138 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50A8
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 168)
HSL	hsl(239, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(239, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 52.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.17, 24.63, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.17, 53.77, 297.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% 0.0211 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.138 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0762, 10.1834, 38.3147)
Luminance	0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50A8 #A8A64E

analogous

#4E7DA8 #4E50A8 #794EA8

triadic

#4E50A8 #A84E50 #50A84E

tetradic

#4E50A8 #A84E7D #A8A64E #4EA879

square

#4E50A8 #A84E7D #A8A64E #4EA879

split-complementary

#4E50A8 #A8794E #7DA84E

monochromatic

#272854 #3B3C7E #4E50A8 #7576BF #9E9FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#4E50A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#4E50A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50A8

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50A8	1.00	6.92	3.04	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1656A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#266474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.138 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8781c2',
    500: '#4e50a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50a8;
$custom-light: #8781c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47669,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50A8

secondary

#BFBE93

accent

#CA5BCD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50A8

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

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