#4E50DE#4E50DE

#4E50DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.211 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50DE
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 222)
HSL	hsl(239, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(239, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 64%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 42.47, -72.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 84.19, 300.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.0205 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.211 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1910, 12.6293, 70.5194)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50DE #DEDC4E

analogous

#4E98DE #4E50DE #944EDE

triadic

#4E50DE #DE4E50 #50DE4E

tetradic

#4E50DE #DE4E98 #DEDC4E #4EDE94

square

#4E50DE #DE4E98 #DEDC4E #4EDE94

split-complementary

#4E50DE #DE944E #98DE4E

monochromatic

#1C1E96 #2628C9 #4E50DE #8283E8 #B5B6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#4E50DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#4E50DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50DE

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50DE	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.211 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9081e9',
    500: '#4e50de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50de;
$custom-light: #9081e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.167,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51916,
    "c": 0.21067,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50DE

secondary

#E0DFA8

accent

#E93CEB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50DE

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

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