#4E53A7#4E53A7

#4E53A7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.132 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53A7
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 167)
HSL	hsl(237, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(237, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 50.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.89, 22.39, -46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.89, 51.20, 295.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.0176 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.132 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.2080, 10.5954, 37.9009)
Luminance	0.1060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53A7 #A7A24E

analogous

#4E7FA7 #4E53A7 #754EA7

triadic

#4E53A7 #A74E53 #53A74E

tetradic

#4E53A7 #A74E7F #A7A24E #4EA775

square

#4E53A7 #A74E7F #A7A24E #4EA775

split-complementary

#4E53A7 #A7754E #7FA74E

monochromatic

#272A54 #3B3E7D #4E53A7 #7478BE #9EA1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#4E53A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#4E53A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53A7

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53A7	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2058A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#276675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.132 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8683c2',
    500: '#4e53a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53a7;
$custom-light: #8683c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.629,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48191,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53A7

secondary

#BEBC92

accent

#C65BCC

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0A12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53A7

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

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