#4E50A9#4E50A9

#4E50A9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.140 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50A9
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 169)
HSL	hsl(239, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(239, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 52.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.24, 24.96, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.24, 54.36, 297.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.0212 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.14 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1697, 10.2208, 38.8073)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50A9 #A9A74E

analogous

#4E7DA9 #4E50A9 #794EA9

triadic

#4E50A9 #A94E50 #50A94E

tetradic

#4E50A9 #A94E7D #A9A74E #4EA979

square

#4E50A9 #A94E7D #A9A74E #4EA979

split-complementary

#4E50A9 #A9794E #7DA94E

monochromatic

#272855 #3B3C7F #4E50A9 #7577BF #9FA0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#4E50A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#4E50A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50A9

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50A9	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1356A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#256475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.140 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8781c3',
    500: '#4e50a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50a9;
$custom-light: #8781c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.681,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4774,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50A9

secondary

#BFBF93

accent

#CA5BCD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50A9

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

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