#4E53AC#4E53AC

#4E53AC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.140 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53AC
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 172)
HSL	hsl(237, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(237, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 51.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 24.03, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 54.13, 296.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.018 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.14 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6792, 10.7839, 40.3824)
Luminance	0.1079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53AC #ACA74E

analogous

#4E82AC #4E53AC #784EAC

triadic

#4E53AC #AC4E53 #53AC4E

tetradic

#4E53AC #AC4E82 #ACA74E #4EAC78

square

#4E53AC #AC4E82 #ACA74E #4EAC78

split-complementary

#4E53AC #AC784E #82AC4E

monochromatic

#282A58 #3B3F82 #4E53AC #767AC1 #A0A3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#4E53AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#4E53AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53AC

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53AC	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2560AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1759AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#216777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.140 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8783c5',
    500: '#4e53ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53ac;
$custom-light: #8783c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.809,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48538,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53AC

secondary

#C1BF95

accent

#C75ACE

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53AC

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

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