#4E50CD#4E50CD

#4E50CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.189 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50CD
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 205)
HSL	hsl(239, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(239, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 61%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 36.87, -65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 74.87, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.0216 -0.1876)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.189 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0264, 11.7634, 59.1191)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50CD #CDCB4E

analogous

#4E8FCD #4E50CD #8B4ECD

triadic

#4E50CD #CD4E50 #50CD4E

tetradic

#4E50CD #CD4E8F #CDCB4E #4ECD8B

square

#4E50CD #CD4E8F #CDCB4E #4ECD8B

split-complementary

#4E50CD #CD8B4E #8FCD4E

monochromatic

#23257D #3133AD #4E50CD #7E7FDA #ADAEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#4E50CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#4E50CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50CD

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50CD	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.189 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d81dd',
    500: '#4e50cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50cd;
$custom-light: #8d81dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.055,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50495,
    "c": 0.1888,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50CD

secondary

#D6D5A1

accent

#DD49DF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50CD

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

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