#4E53B5#4E53B5

#4E53B5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.152 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53B5
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 181)
HSL	hsl(237, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(237, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 54.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.82, 27.02, -52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.82, 59.34, 297.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% 0.0186 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.152 277)
XYZ	xyz(14.5730, 11.1414, 45.0897)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53B5 #B5B04E

analogous

#4E86B5 #4E53B5 #7C4EB5

triadic

#4E53B5 #B54E53 #53B54E

tetradic

#4E53B5 #B54E86 #B5B04E #4EB57C

square

#4E53B5 #B54E86 #B5B04E #4EB57C

split-complementary

#4E53B5 #B57C4E #86B54E

monochromatic

#282B60 #3A3E8B #4E53B5 #797DC7 #A4A7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#4E53B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#4E53B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53B5

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53B5	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1662B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#136A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.152 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8883cc',
    500: '#4e53b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53b5;
$custom-light: #8883cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.087,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49184,
    "c": 0.15242,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.11142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53B5

secondary

#C6C499

accent

#CB57D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53B5

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

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