#4E53A3#4E53A3

#4E53A3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.127 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53A3
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 163)
HSL	hsl(236, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(236, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 49.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.64, 21.07, -44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.64, 48.85, 295.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.0172 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.127 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8439, 10.4498, 35.9834)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53A3 #A39E4E

analogous

#4E7DA3 #4E53A3 #744EA3

triadic

#4E53A3 #A34E53 #53A34E

tetradic

#4E53A3 #A34E7D #A39E4E #4EA374

square

#4E53A3 #A34E7D #A39E4E #4EA374

split-complementary

#4E53A3 #A3744E #7DA34E

monochromatic

#262950 #3A3E7A #4E53A3 #7277BC #9C9FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#4E53A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#4E53A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53A3

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53A3	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2558A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A6473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.127 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8683bf',
    500: '#4e53a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53a3;
$custom-light: #8683bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47919,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53A3

secondary

#BCBA91

accent

#C55CCB

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF7

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53A3

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

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