#4E50E0#4E50E0

#4E50E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.213 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4E50E0
RGBrgb(78, 80, 224)
HSLhsl(239, 70%, 59%)
HSVhsv(239, 65%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(65.2%, 64.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(42.36, 43.13, -73.57)
CIE-LCHlch(42.36, 85.27, 300.38°)
OKLaboklab(52.09% 0.0204 -0.2122)
OKLCHoklch(52.09% 0.213 275.5)
XYZxyz(19.4607, 12.7371, 71.9395)
Luminance0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4E50E0 #E0DE4E
analogous
#4E99E0 #4E50E0 #954EE0
triadic
#4E50E0 #E04E50 #50E04E
tetradic
#4E50E0 #E04E99 #E0DE4E #4EE095
square
#4E50E0 #E04E99 #E0DE4E #4EE095
split-complementary
#4E50E0 #E0954E #99E04E
monochromatic
#1B1C99 #2426CD #4E50E0 #8283E9 #B6B7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92
#4E50E0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55
#4E50E0 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50E0
5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4E50E0#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4E50E01.005.923.555.92
#FFFFFF5.921.0021.001.00
#0000003.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.921.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006BE5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005DDD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007591
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4e50e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.213 275.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9081eb',
    500: '#4e50e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4e50e0;
$custom-light: #9081eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4e50e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.178,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52087,
    "c": 0.21319,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4E50E0
secondary
#E1E1A8
accent
#EB3BED
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EEFD
border
#CCC9D5
text
#0E0A16
muted
#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50E0

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#4E50E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva