#4E53C5#4E53C5

#4E53C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.174 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53C5
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 197)
HSL	hsl(237, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(237, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 57.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.95, 32.35, -60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.95, 68.47, 298.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.019 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.174 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3099, 11.8362, 54.2376)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53C5 #C5C04E

analogous

#4E8FC5 #4E53C5 #854EC5

triadic

#4E53C5 #C54E53 #53C54E

tetradic

#4E53C5 #C54E8F #C5C04E #4EC585

square

#4E53C5 #C54E8F #C5C04E #4EC585

split-complementary

#4E53C5 #C5854E #8FC54E

monochromatic

#262973 #3539A1 #4E53C5 #7C80D4 #AAADE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#4E53C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#4E53C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53C5

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53C5	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.174 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b83d7',
    500: '#4e53c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53c5;
$custom-light: #8b83d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.479,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50392,
    "c": 0.17441,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53C5

secondary

#D1CF9E

accent

#D44EDA

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0D0A14

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53C5

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

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