#4E59A7#4E59A7

#4E59A7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.124 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E59A7
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 167)
HSL	hsl(233, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(233, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 46.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 18.55, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 47.27, 293.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.41% 0.0106 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(49.41% 0.124 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6871, 11.5536, 38.0606)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E59A7 #A79C4E

analogous

#4E85A7 #4E59A7 #6F4EA7

triadic

#4E59A7 #A74E59 #59A74E

tetradic

#4E59A7 #A74E85 #A79C4E #4EA76F

square

#4E59A7 #A74E85 #A79C4E #4EA76F

split-complementary

#4E59A7 #A76F4E #85A74E

monochromatic

#272D54 #3B437D #4E59A7 #747DBE #9EA4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#4E59A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#4E59A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E59A7

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E59A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E59A7	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3763AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D5CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#256A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e59a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.124 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8687c1',
    500: '#4e59a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e59a7;
$custom-light: #8687c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e59a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.584,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49408,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E59A7

secondary

#BEB992

accent

#BE5BCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF7

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E59A7

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

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