#4E55A5#4E55A5

#4E55A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.127 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E55A5
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 165)
HSL	hsl(235, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(235, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 48.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, 20.45, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 48.71, 294.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.015 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.127 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1798, 10.8325, 36.9864)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E55A5 #A59E4E

analogous

#4E81A5 #4E55A5 #724EA5

triadic

#4E55A5 #A54E55 #55A54E

tetradic

#4E55A5 #A54E81 #A59E4E #4EA572

square

#4E55A5 #A54E81 #A59E4E #4EA572

split-complementary

#4E55A5 #A5724E #81A54E

monochromatic

#272A52 #3A407B #4E55A5 #7379BD #9DA1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#4E55A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#4E55A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E55A5

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E55A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E55A5	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3160A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2759A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#286675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e55a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.127 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8684c0',
    500: '#4e55a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e55a5;
$custom-light: #8684c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e55a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.172,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48457,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E55A5

secondary

#BDBA91

accent

#C35CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF7

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E55A5

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

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