#4E50B6#4E50B6

#4E50B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.158 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50B6
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 182)
HSL	hsl(239, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(239, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 56%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.13, 29.25, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.13, 61.89, 298.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% 0.0218 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.158 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4514, 10.7334, 45.5571)
Luminance	0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50B6 #B6B44E

analogous

#4E84B6 #4E50B6 #804EB6

triadic

#4E50B6 #B64E50 #50B64E

tetradic

#4E50B6 #B64E84 #B6B44E #4EB680

square

#4E50B6 #B64E84 #B6B44E #4EB680

split-complementary

#4E50B6 #B6804E #84B64E

monochromatic

#282961 #3A3C8D #4E50B6 #797BC8 #A5A6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#4E50B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#4E50B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50B6

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50B6	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0160B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12687B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.158 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8981cd',
    500: '#4e50b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50b6;
$custom-light: #8981cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.846,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48691,
    "c": 0.15783,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50B6

secondary

#C7C699

accent

#CF56D1

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50B6

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

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