#4E50C8#4E50C8

#4E50C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.182 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50C8
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 200)
HSL	hsl(239, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(239, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 60%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 35.21, -62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 72.09, 299.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.0217 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.182 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4325, 11.5259, 55.9912)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50C8 #C8C64E

analogous

#4E8DC8 #4E50C8 #894EC8

triadic

#4E50C8 #C84E50 #50C84E

tetradic

#4E50C8 #C84E8D #C8C64E #4EC889

square

#4E50C8 #C84E8D #C8C64E #4EC889

split-complementary

#4E50C8 #C8894E #8DC84E

monochromatic

#252677 #3335A5 #4E50C8 #7D7ED7 #ABACE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#4E50C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#4E50C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50C8

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50C8	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.182 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c81da',
    500: '#4e50c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50c8;
$custom-light: #8c81da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.016,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50091,
    "c": 0.18221,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50C8

secondary

#D3D29F

accent

#DA4CDC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EEFB

border

#CBC9D4

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50C8

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

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