#4E50E4#4E50E4

#4E50E4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.218 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50E4
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 228)
HSL	hsl(239, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 64.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, 44.43, -75.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 87.43, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(52.43% 0.02 -0.2173)
OKLCH	oklch(52.43% 0.218 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0095, 12.9567, 74.8302)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50E4 #E4E24E

analogous

#4E9BE4 #4E50E4 #974EE4

triadic

#4E50E4 #E44E50 #50E44E

tetradic

#4E50E4 #E44E9B #E4E24E #4EE497

square

#4E50E4 #E44E9B #E4E24E #4EE497

split-complementary

#4E50E4 #E4974E #9BE44E

monochromatic

#181A9F #2023D4 #4E50E4 #8385EC #B8B9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#4E50E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#4E50E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50E4

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50E4	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.218 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9182ee',
    500: '#4e50e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50e4;
$custom-light: #9182ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52433,
    "c": 0.2182,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50E4

secondary

#E4E3AA

accent

#EE38F0

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50E4

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

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