#4E53D6#4E53D6

#4E53D6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.197 H 275.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53D6
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 214)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(238, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 38.02, -68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 77.95, 299.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.0186 -0.196)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.197 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3688, 12.6597, 65.0809)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53D6 #D6D14E

analogous

#4E97D6 #4E53D6 #8D4ED6

triadic

#4E53D6 #D64E53 #53D64E

tetradic

#4E53D6 #D64E97 #D6D14E #4ED68D

square

#4E53D6 #D64E97 #D6D14E #4ED68D

split-complementary

#4E53D6 #D68D4E #97D64E

monochromatic

#20248A #2B31BB #4E53D6 #8083E2 #B1B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#4E53D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#4E53D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53D6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53D6	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00748D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.197 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e83e4',
    500: '#4e53d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53d6;
$custom-light: #8e83e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.794,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51751,
    "c": 0.19689,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53D6

secondary

#DBD9A4

accent

#DF42E5

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53D6

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

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