#4E53A6#4E53A6

#4E53A6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.131 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53A6
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 166)
HSL	hsl(237, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(237, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 50%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.83, 22.06, -45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.83, 50.62, 295.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.0175 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.131 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1159, 10.5586, 37.4159)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53A6 #A6A14E

analogous

#4E7FA6 #4E53A6 #754EA6

triadic

#4E53A6 #A64E53 #53A64E

tetradic

#4E53A6 #A64E7F #A6A14E #4EA675

square

#4E53A6 #A64E7F #A6A14E #4EA675

split-complementary

#4E53A6 #A6754E #7FA64E

monochromatic

#272953 #3A3E7C #4E53A6 #7478BE #9DA0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#4E53A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#4E53A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53A6

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53A6	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2158A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#286574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.131 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8683c1',
    500: '#4e53a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53a6;
$custom-light: #8683c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.591,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48122,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53A6

secondary

#BEBB92

accent

#C65CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF7

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53A6

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

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