#4E5280#4E5280

#4E5280 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.075 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5280
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 128)
HSL	hsl(235, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, 10.65, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 28.50, 291.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.56% 0.012 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(45.56% 0.075 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0543, 9.2124, 21.6663)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5280 #807C4E

analogous

#4E6B80 #4E5280 #634E80

triadic

#4E5280 #804E52 #52804E

tetradic

#4E5280 #804E6B #807C4E #4E8063

square

#4E5280 #804E6B #807C4E #4E8063

split-complementary

#4E5280 #80634E #6B804E

monochromatic

#202134 #373A5A #4E5280 #686DA3 #8E92BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#4E5280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E5280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5280

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5280	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40547F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.075 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8182a5',
    500: '#4e5280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5280;
$custom-light: #8182a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45563,
    "c": 0.07495,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5280

secondary

#A7A483

accent

#BA67C1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0A0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5280

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

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