#4E59A5#4E59A5

#4E59A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.121 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E59A5
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 165)
HSL	hsl(232, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(232, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 46.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 17.89, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 46.09, 292.84°)
OKLab	oklab(49.28% 0.0103 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(49.28% 0.121 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5036, 11.4802, 37.0944)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E59A5 #A59A4E

analogous

#4E84A5 #4E59A5 #6F4EA5

triadic

#4E59A5 #A54E59 #59A54E

tetradic

#4E59A5 #A54E84 #A59A4E #4EA56F

square

#4E59A5 #A54E84 #A59A4E #4EA56F

split-complementary

#4E59A5 #A56F4E #84A54E

monochromatic

#272C52 #3A437B #4E59A5 #737DBD #9DA3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#4E59A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#4E59A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E59A5

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E59A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E59A5	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3863A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F5CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#276977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e59a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.121 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8687c0',
    500: '#4e59a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e59a5;
$custom-light: #8687c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e59a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.414,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49278,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E59A5

secondary

#BDB891

accent

#BE5CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF7

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E59A5

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

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