#4E59B5#4E59B5

#4E59B5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.144 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E59B5
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 181)
HSL	hsl(234, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(234, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 50.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 23.21, -50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 55.42, 294.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.0122 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.144 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0521, 12.0996, 45.2494)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E59B5 #B5AA4E

analogous

#4E8CB5 #4E59B5 #764EB5

triadic

#4E59B5 #B54E59 #59B54E

tetradic

#4E59B5 #B54E8C #B5AA4E #4EB576

square

#4E59B5 #B54E8C #B5AA4E #4EB576

split-complementary

#4E59B5 #B5764E #8CB54E

monochromatic

#282E60 #3A438B #4E59B5 #7981C7 #A4AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#4E59B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#4E59B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E59B5

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E59B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E59B5	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2966B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#175DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#106E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e59b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.144 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8887cc',
    500: '#4e59b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e59b5;
$custom-light: #8887cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e59b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.592,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50353,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E59B5

secondary

#C6C199

accent

#C457D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E59B5

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

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