#4E55BE#4E55BE

#4E55BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.162 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E55BE
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 190)
HSL	hsl(236, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(236, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 55.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.95, 28.76, -56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.95, 63.20, 297.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.017 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.162 276)
XYZ	xyz(15.6816, 11.8332, 50.1629)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E55BE #BEB74E

analogous

#4E8DBE #4E55BE #7F4EBE

triadic

#4E55BE #BE4E55 #55BE4E

tetradic

#4E55BE #BE4E8D #BEB74E #4EBE7F

square

#4E55BE #BE4E8D #BEB74E #4EBE7F

split-complementary

#4E55BE #BE7F4E #8DBE4E

monochromatic

#272B6A #383E97 #4E55BE #7B80CE #A8ABDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#4E55BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#4E55BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E55BE

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E55BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E55BE	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0665C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e55be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.162 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a84d2',
    500: '#4e55be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e55be;
$custom-light: #8a84d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e55be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50229,
    "c": 0.16228,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.11834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E55BE

secondary

#CCC99C

accent

#CE52D6

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0D0B14

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E55BE

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

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