#4E50E2#4E50E2

#4E50E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.216 H 275.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50E2
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(239, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(239, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 43.78, -74.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 86.35, 300.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.0202 -0.2147)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.216 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7335, 12.8463, 73.3764)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50E2 #E2E04E

analogous

#4E9AE2 #4E50E2 #964EE2

triadic

#4E50E2 #E24E50 #50E24E

tetradic

#4E50E2 #E24E9A #E2E04E #4EE296

square

#4E50E2 #E24E9A #E2E04E #4EE296

split-complementary

#4E50E2 #E2964E #9AE24E

monochromatic

#1A1B9C #2225D1 #4E50E2 #8384EB #B7B8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#4E50E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#4E50E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50E2

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50E2	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.216 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9081ec',
    500: '#4e50e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50e2;
$custom-light: #9081ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.189,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5226,
    "c": 0.2157,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50E2

secondary

#E3E2A9

accent

#EC39EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50E2

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

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