#4E50E6#4E50E6

#4E50E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.221 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E50E6
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(239, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, 45.09, -76.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 88.50, 300.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52.61% 0.0198 -0.2198)
OKLCH	oklch(52.61% 0.221 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2888, 13.0684, 76.3008)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E50E6 #E6E44E

analogous

#4E9CE6 #4E50E6 #984EE6

triadic

#4E50E6 #E64E50 #50E64E

tetradic

#4E50E6 #E64E9C #E6E44E #4EE698

square

#4E50E6 #E64E9C #E6E44E #4EE698

split-complementary

#4E50E6 #E6984E #9CE64E

monochromatic

#1719A3 #1F21D8 #4E50E6 #8485EE #B9BAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#4E50E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#4E50E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E50E6

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E50E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E50E6	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e50e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.221 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9182ef',
    500: '#4e50e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e50e6;
$custom-light: #9182ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e50e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.211,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52607,
    "c": 0.22069,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E50E6

secondary

#E5E4AB

accent

#D50ED7

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E50E6

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

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