#4E53B3#4E53B3

#4E53B3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.150 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53B3
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 179)
HSL	hsl(237, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(237, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 53.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.68, 26.35, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.68, 58.19, 296.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.0185 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.15 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3692, 11.0599, 44.0167)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53B3 #B3AE4E

analogous

#4E85B3 #4E53B3 #7C4EB3

triadic

#4E53B3 #B34E53 #53B34E

tetradic

#4E53B3 #B34E85 #B3AE4E #4EB37C

square

#4E53B3 #B34E85 #B3AE4E #4EB37C

split-complementary

#4E53B3 #B37C4E #85B34E

monochromatic

#282B5E #3B3F89 #4E53B3 #797DC5 #A4A6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#4E53B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#4E53B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53B3

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53B3	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A62B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17697B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.150 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8883ca',
    500: '#4e53b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53b3;
$custom-light: #8883ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.03,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49038,
    "c": 0.14962,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53B3

secondary

#C5C398

accent

#CA58D0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53B3

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

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