#4E52E1#4E52E1

#4E52E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.212 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E52E1
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 225)
HSL	hsl(238, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.90, 42.26, -73.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.90, 84.58, 299.98°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.0188 -0.2113)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.212 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7453, 13.0888, 72.7054)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E52E1 #E1DD4E

analogous

#4E9CE1 #4E52E1 #934EE1

triadic

#4E52E1 #E14E52 #52E14E

tetradic

#4E52E1 #E14E9C #E1DD4E #4EE193

square

#4E52E1 #E14E9C #E1DD4E #4EE193

split-complementary

#4E52E1 #E1934E #9CE14E

monochromatic

#1A1E9A #2328CF #4E52E1 #8285EA #B7B8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#4E52E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#4E52E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E52E1

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E52E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E52E1	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e52e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.212 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9083eb',
    500: '#4e52e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e52e1;
$custom-light: #9083eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e52e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.367,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52501,
    "c": 0.21215,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E52E1

secondary

#E2E0A9

accent

#E93AEE

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E52E1

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

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