#4E52B3#4E52B3

#4E52B3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.151 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E52B3
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 179)
HSL	hsl(238, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(238, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 54.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.43, 26.99, -52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.43, 58.85, 297.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.0196 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.151 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2933, 10.9080, 43.9914)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E52B3 #B3AF4E

analogous

#4E84B3 #4E52B3 #7C4EB3

triadic

#4E52B3 #B34E52 #52B34E

tetradic

#4E52B3 #B34E84 #B3AF4E #4EB37C

square

#4E52B3 #B34E84 #B3AF4E #4EB37C

split-complementary

#4E52B3 #B37C4E #84B34E

monochromatic

#282B5E #3B3E89 #4E52B3 #797CC5 #A4A6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#4E52B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#4E52B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E52B3

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E52B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E52B3	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1661B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17687A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e52b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.151 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8882ca',
    500: '#4e52b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e52b3;
$custom-light: #8882ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e52b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.624,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48847,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E52B3

secondary

#C5C398

accent

#CB58D0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E52B3

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

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