#4E55AE#4E55AE

#4E55AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.140 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E55AE
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 174)
HSL	hsl(236, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(236, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 51.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.87, 23.42, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.87, 53.98, 295.72°)
OKLab	oklab(49.07% 0.016 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(49.07% 0.14 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0279, 11.1718, 41.4534)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E55AE #AEA74E

analogous

#4E85AE #4E55AE #774EAE

triadic

#4E55AE #AE4E55 #55AE4E

tetradic

#4E55AE #AE4E85 #AEA74E #4EAE77

square

#4E55AE #AE4E85 #AEA74E #4EAE77

split-complementary

#4E55AE #AE774E #85AE4E

monochromatic

#282C59 #3B4084 #4E55AE #777DC2 #A1A5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#4E55AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#4E55AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E55AE

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E55AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E55AE	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2762B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#195AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E6979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e55ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.140 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8784c7',
    500: '#4e55ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e55ae;
$custom-light: #8784c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e55ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49073,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E55AE

secondary

#C2BF96

accent

#C65ACE

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E55AE

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

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