#4E53AA#4E53AA

#4E53AA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.137 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53AA
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 170)
HSL	hsl(237, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(237, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 51.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.08, 23.37, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.08, 52.96, 296.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.4% 0.0179 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(48.4% 0.137 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.4886, 10.7076, 39.3784)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53AA #AAA54E

analogous

#4E81AA #4E53AA #774EAA

triadic

#4E53AA #AA4E53 #53AA4E

tetradic

#4E53AA #AA4E81 #AAA54E #4EAA77

square

#4E53AA #AA4E81 #AAA54E #4EAA77

split-complementary

#4E53AA #AA774E #81AA4E

monochromatic

#282A56 #3B3F80 #4E53AA #7579C0 #9FA2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#4E53AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#4E53AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53AA

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53AA	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2760AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B58A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.137 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8783c4',
    500: '#4e53aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53aa;
$custom-light: #8783c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.739,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48398,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53AA

secondary

#C0BE94

accent

#C75BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53AA

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

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