#4E55A6#4E55A6

#4E55A6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.128 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E55A6
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 166)
HSL	hsl(235, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(235, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 48.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, 20.78, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 49.30, 294.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% 0.0151 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.128 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2711, 10.8690, 37.4676)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E55A6 #A69F4E

analogous

#4E81A6 #4E55A6 #734EA6

triadic

#4E55A6 #A64E55 #55A64E

tetradic

#4E55A6 #A64E81 #A69F4E #4EA673

square

#4E55A6 #A64E81 #A69F4E #4EA673

split-complementary

#4E55A6 #A6734E #81A64E

monochromatic

#272A53 #3A407C #4E55A6 #747ABE #9DA1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#4E55A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#4E55A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E55A6

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E55A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E55A6	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3060A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2659A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#276775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e55a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.128 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8684c1',
    500: '#4e55a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e55a6;
$custom-light: #8684c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e55a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.227,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48524,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E55A6

secondary

#BEBA92

accent

#C35CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF7

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E55A6

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

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