#4E50B4#4E50B4

#4E50B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.155 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50B4
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 180)
HSL	hsl(239, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(239, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 55.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 28.58, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 60.74, 298.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.0217 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.155 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2462, 10.6513, 44.4764)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50B4 #B4B24E

analogous

#4E83B4 #4E50B4 #7F4EB4

triadic

#4E50B4 #B44E50 #50B44E

tetradic

#4E50B4 #B44E83 #B4B24E #4EB47F

square

#4E50B4 #B44E83 #B4B24E #4EB47F

split-complementary

#4E50B4 #B47F4E #83B44E

monochromatic

#28295F #3B3C8A #4E50B4 #797AC6 #A4A5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#4E50B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#4E50B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50B4

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50B4	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0860B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16677A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.155 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8881cb',
    500: '#4e50b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50b4;
$custom-light: #8881cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.824,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48541,
    "c": 0.15505,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50B4

secondary

#C6C598

accent

#CE57D0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50B4

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

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