#4E52B4#4E52B4

#4E52B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.152 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E52B4
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 180)
HSL	hsl(238, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(238, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 54.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.49, 27.32, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.49, 59.42, 297.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% 0.0196 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.152 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3948, 10.9486, 44.5259)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E52B4 #B4B04E

analogous

#4E85B4 #4E52B4 #7D4EB4

triadic

#4E52B4 #B44E52 #52B44E

tetradic

#4E52B4 #B44E85 #B4B04E #4EB47D

square

#4E52B4 #B44E85 #B4B04E #4EB47D

split-complementary

#4E52B4 #B47D4E #85B44E

monochromatic

#282B5F #3B3E8A #4E52B4 #797CC6 #A4A6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#4E52B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#4E52B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E52B4

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E52B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E52B4	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1461B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15697B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e52b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.152 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8882cb',
    500: '#4e52b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e52b4;
$custom-light: #8882cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e52b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.647,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4892,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E52B4

secondary

#C6C498

accent

#CC57D0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E52B4

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

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