#4E53A4#4E53A4

#4E53A4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.128 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53A4
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 164)
HSL	hsl(237, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(237, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 49.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.70, 21.40, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.70, 49.44, 295.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.99% 0.0173 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(47.99% 0.128 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9339, 10.4858, 36.4572)
Luminance	0.1049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53A4 #A49F4E

analogous

#4E7EA4 #4E53A4 #744EA4

triadic

#4E53A4 #A44E53 #53A44E

tetradic

#4E53A4 #A44E7E #A49F4E #4EA474

square

#4E53A4 #A44E7E #A49F4E #4EA474

split-complementary

#4E53A4 #A4744E #7EA44E

monochromatic

#272951 #3A3E7B #4E53A4 #7377BC #9C9FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#4E53A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#4E53A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53A4

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53A4	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2458A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#296573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.128 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8683bf',
    500: '#4e53a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53a4;
$custom-light: #8683bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.512,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47986,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53A4

secondary

#BDBA91

accent

#C55CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF7

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53A4

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

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