#4E53C6#4E53C6

#4E53C6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.176 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53C6
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 198)
HSL	hsl(238, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(238, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 58.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.03, 32.69, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.03, 69.03, 298.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.019 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.176 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4249, 11.8822, 54.8431)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53C6 #C6C14E

analogous

#4E8FC6 #4E53C6 #854EC6

triadic

#4E53C6 #C64E53 #53C64E

tetradic

#4E53C6 #C64E8F #C6C14E #4EC685

square

#4E53C6 #C64E8F #C6C14E #4EC685

split-complementary

#4E53C6 #C6854E #8FC64E

monochromatic

#252974 #3439A2 #4E53C6 #7C80D5 #ABADE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#4E53C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#4E53C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53C6

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53C6	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.176 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b83d8',
    500: '#4e53c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53c6;
$custom-light: #8b83d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50469,
    "c": 0.17575,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53C6

secondary

#D1CF9E

accent

#D54DDB

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53C6

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

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