#4E50E3#4E50E3

#4E50E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.217 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50E3
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 227)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 64.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 44.11, -74.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 86.89, 300.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.0201 -0.216)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.217 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8711, 12.9013, 74.1012)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50E3 #E3E14E

analogous

#4E9AE3 #4E50E3 #974EE3

triadic

#4E50E3 #E34E50 #50E34E

tetradic

#4E50E3 #E34E9A #E3E14E #4EE397

square

#4E50E3 #E34E9A #E3E14E #4EE397

split-complementary

#4E50E3 #E3974E #9AE34E

monochromatic

#191B9E #2124D3 #4E50E3 #8384EB #B8B8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#4E50E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#4E50E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50E3

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50E3	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.217 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9182ed',
    500: '#4e50e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50e3;
$custom-light: #9182ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.195,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52346,
    "c": 0.21695,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50E3

secondary

#E3E2AA

accent

#ED38EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50E3

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

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