#4E50C5#4E50C5

#4E50C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.178 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50C5
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 197)
HSL	hsl(239, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(239, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 59.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.22, 34.22, -61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.22, 70.40, 299.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.0218 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.178 277)
XYZ	xyz(16.0853, 11.3870, 54.1628)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50C5 #C5C34E

analogous

#4E8CC5 #4E50C5 #884EC5

triadic

#4E50C5 #C54E50 #50C54E

tetradic

#4E50C5 #C54E8C #C5C34E #4EC588

square

#4E50C5 #C54E8C #C5C34E #4EC588

split-complementary

#4E50C5 #C5884E #8CC54E

monochromatic

#262773 #3537A1 #4E50C5 #7C7ED4 #AAABE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#4E50C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#4E50C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50C5

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50C5	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.178 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b81d7',
    500: '#4e50c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50c5;
$custom-light: #8b81d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.992,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49851,
    "c": 0.17822,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.11388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50C5

secondary

#D1D09E

accent

#D84EDA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EEFA

border

#CBC9D3

text

#0D0A14

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50C5

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

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