#4E52E2#4E52E2

#4E52E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.213 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E52E2
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(238, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 63.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 42.59, -73.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 85.12, 300.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.0187 -0.2126)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.213 275)
XYZ	xyz(19.8821, 13.1435, 73.4259)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E52E2 #E2DE4E

analogous

#4E9CE2 #4E52E2 #944EE2

triadic

#4E52E2 #E24E52 #52E24E

tetradic

#4E52E2 #E24E9C #E2DE4E #4EE294

square

#4E52E2 #E24E9C #E2DE4E #4EE294

split-complementary

#4E52E2 #E2944E #9CE24E

monochromatic

#1A1D9C #2227D1 #4E52E2 #8385EB #B7B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#4E52E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#4E52E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E52E2

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E52E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E52E2	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e52e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.213 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9083ec',
    500: '#4e52e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e52e2;
$custom-light: #9083ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e52e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.378,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52586,
    "c": 0.21342,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.13145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E52E2

secondary

#E3E1A9

accent

#EA39EF

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E52E2

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

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