#4E53DE#4E53DE

#4E53DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.207 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53DE
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 222)
HSL	hsl(238, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, 40.67, -71.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 82.33, 299.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.0182 -0.2064)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.207 275)
XYZ	xyz(19.4156, 13.0785, 70.5943)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53DE #DED94E

analogous

#4E9BDE #4E53DE #914EDE

triadic

#4E53DE #DE4E53 #53DE4E

tetradic

#4E53DE #DE4E9B #DED94E #4EDE91

square

#4E53DE #DE4E9B #DED94E #4EDE91

split-complementary

#4E53DE #DE914E #9BDE4E

monochromatic

#1C2096 #262BC9 #4E53DE #8285E8 #B5B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#4E53DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#4E53DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53DE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53DE	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.207 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9083e9',
    500: '#4e53de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53de;
$custom-light: #9083e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.917,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52414,
    "c": 0.20718,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.1308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53DE

secondary

#E0DEA8

accent

#E53CEB

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53DE

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

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