#4E53E6#4E53E6

#4E53E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.217 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E53E6
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 230)
HSL	hsl(238, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 63.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.53, 43.31, -75.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.53, 86.66, 299.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.0177 -0.2166)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.217 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5133, 13.5175, 76.3757)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E53E6 #E6E14E

analogous

#4E9FE6 #4E53E6 #954EE6

triadic

#4E53E6 #E64E53 #53E64E

tetradic

#4E53E6 #E64E9F #E6E14E #4EE695

square

#4E53E6 #E64E9F #E6E14E #4EE695

split-complementary

#4E53E6 #E6954E #9FE64E

monochromatic

#171CA3 #1F25D8 #4E53E6 #8487EE #B9BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#4E53E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#4E53E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E53E6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E53E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E53E6	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e53e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.217 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9184ef',
    500: '#4e53e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e53e6;
$custom-light: #9184ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e53e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.026,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53093,
    "c": 0.2173,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E53E6

secondary

#E5E3AB

accent

#D10ED7

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E53E6

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

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