#4E51DE#4E51DE

#4E51DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.210 H 275.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E51DE
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(239, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(239, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, 41.87, -72.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 83.57, 300.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% 0.0198 -0.2086)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.21 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2648, 12.7768, 70.5440)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E51DE #DEDB4E

analogous

#4E99DE #4E51DE #934EDE

triadic

#4E51DE #DE4E51 #51DE4E

tetradic

#4E51DE #DE4E99 #DEDB4E #4EDE93

square

#4E51DE #DE4E99 #DEDB4E #4EDE93

split-complementary

#4E51DE #DE934E #99DE4E

monochromatic

#1C1E96 #2629C9 #4E51DE #8284E8 #B5B6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#4E51DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#4E51DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E51DE

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E51DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E51DE	1.00	5.91	3.56	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e51de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.210 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9082e9',
    500: '#4e51de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e51de;
$custom-light: #9082e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e51de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52081,
    "c": 0.20951,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E51DE

secondary

#E0DFA8

accent

#E83CEB

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E51DE

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

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