#4E50E5#4E50E5

#4E50E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.219 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50E5
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(239, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 44.76, -75.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 87.96, 300.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.0199 -0.2185)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.219 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1487, 13.0124, 75.5634)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50E5 #E5E34E

analogous

#4E9CE5 #4E50E5 #974EE5

triadic

#4E50E5 #E54E50 #50E54E

tetradic

#4E50E5 #E54E9C #E5E34E #4EE597

square

#4E50E5 #E54E9C #E5E34E #4EE597

split-complementary

#4E50E5 #E5974E #9CE54E

monochromatic

#1819A1 #1F22D6 #4E50E5 #8385ED #B9BAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#4E50E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#4E50E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50E5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50E5	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.219 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9182ee',
    500: '#4e50e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50e5;
$custom-light: #9182ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.205,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5252,
    "c": 0.21945,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50E5

secondary

#E4E4AA

accent

#D40FD7

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50E5

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

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