#4E55E2#4E55E2

#4E55E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.210 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E55E2
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(237, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(237, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.66, 40.79, -72.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.66, 83.26, 299.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.0164 -0.2093)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.21 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1133, 13.6059, 73.5030)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E55E2 #E2DB4E

analogous

#4E9FE2 #4E55E2 #914EE2

triadic

#4E55E2 #E24E55 #55E24E

tetradic

#4E55E2 #E24E9F #E2DB4E #4EE291

square

#4E55E2 #E24E9F #E2DB4E #4EE291

split-complementary

#4E55E2 #E2914E #9FE24E

monochromatic

#1A209C #222AD1 #4E55E2 #8388EB #B7BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#4E55E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#4E55E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E55E2

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E55E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E55E2	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e55e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.210 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9085ec',
    500: '#4e55e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e55e2;
$custom-light: #9085ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e55e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.162,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53087,
    "c": 0.20994,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E55E2

secondary

#E3E0A9

accent

#E639EF

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E55E2

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

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