#4E55C5#4E55C5

#4E55C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.172 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E55C5
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 197)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(236, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 56.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.45, 31.11, -59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.45, 67.18, 297.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.0171 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.172 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4652, 12.1466, 54.2894)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E55C5 #C5BE4E

analogous

#4E91C5 #4E55C5 #834EC5

triadic

#4E55C5 #C54E55 #55C54E

tetradic

#4E55C5 #C54E91 #C5BE4E #4EC583

square

#4E55C5 #C54E91 #C5BE4E #4EC583

split-complementary

#4E55C5 #C5834E #91C54E

monochromatic

#262A73 #353BA1 #4E55C5 #7C81D4 #AAAEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#4E55C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#4E55C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E55C5

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E55C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E55C5	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e55c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.172 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b85d7',
    500: '#4e55c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e55c5;
$custom-light: #8b85d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e55c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50758,
    "c": 0.17184,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E55C5

secondary

#D1CE9E

accent

#D24EDA

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0D0B14

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E55C5

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

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