#4E52A5#4E52A5

#4E52A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.131 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E52A5
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 165)
HSL	hsl(237, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(237, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 50.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 22.37, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 50.69, 296.18°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.0186 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.131 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9486, 10.3701, 36.9093)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E52A5 #A5A14E

analogous

#4E7EA5 #4E52A5 #754EA5

triadic

#4E52A5 #A54E52 #52A54E

tetradic

#4E52A5 #A54E7E #A5A14E #4EA575

square

#4E52A5 #A54E7E #A5A14E #4EA575

split-complementary

#4E52A5 #A5754E #7EA54E

monochromatic

#272952 #3A3D7B #4E52A5 #7377BD #9D9FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#4E52A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#4E52A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E52A5

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E52A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E52A5	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2157A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#296474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e52a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.131 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8682c0',
    500: '#4e52a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e52a5;
$custom-light: #8682c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e52a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.241,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47854,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E52A5

secondary

#BDBB91

accent

#C75CCC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF7

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E52A5

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

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