#4E53AE#4E53AE

#4E53AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.143 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53AE
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 174)
HSL	hsl(237, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(237, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 52.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, 24.70, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 55.29, 296.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.0182 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.143 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8727, 10.8613, 41.4016)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53AE #AEA94E

analogous

#4E83AE #4E53AE #794EAE

triadic

#4E53AE #AE4E53 #53AE4E

tetradic

#4E53AE #AE4E83 #AEA94E #4EAE79

square

#4E53AE #AE4E83 #AEA94E #4EAE79

split-complementary

#4E53AE #AE794E #83AE4E

monochromatic

#282B59 #3B3F84 #4E53AE #777BC2 #A1A4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#4E53AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#4E53AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53AE

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53AE	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2261B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1259AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F6778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.143 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8783c7',
    500: '#4e53ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53ae;
$custom-light: #8783c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.875,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4868,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53AE

secondary

#C2C096

accent

#C85ACE

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53AE

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

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