#4E53A0#4E53A0

#4E53A0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.122 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53A0
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 160)
HSL	hsl(236, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(236, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 48.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 20.09, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 47.08, 295.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.0168 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.122 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5783, 10.3435, 34.5846)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53A0 #A09B4E

analogous

#4E7CA0 #4E53A0 #724EA0

triadic

#4E53A0 #A04E53 #53A04E

tetradic

#4E53A0 #A04E7C #A09B4E #4EA072

square

#4E53A0 #A04E7C #A09B4E #4EA072

split-complementary

#4E53A0 #A0724E #7CA04E

monochromatic

#26284E #3A3E77 #4E53A0 #7176BA #9A9ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#4E53A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#4E53A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53A0

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53A0	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29579E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D6472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.122 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8583bc',
    500: '#4e53a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53a0;
$custom-light: #8583bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.341,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47718,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53A0

secondary

#BBB88F

accent

#C45DCB

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF6

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0B0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53A0

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

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