#4E59BD#4E59BD

#4E59BD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.156 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E59BD
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(234, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(234, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.90, 25.90, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.90, 60.03, 295.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.0128 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.156 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8966, 12.4374, 49.6972)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E59BD #BDB24E

analogous

#4E91BD #4E59BD #7B4EBD

triadic

#4E59BD #BD4E59 #59BD4E

tetradic

#4E59BD #BD4E91 #BDB24E #4EBD7B

square

#4E59BD #BD4E91 #BDB24E #4EBD7B

split-complementary

#4E59BD #BD7B4E #91BD4E

monochromatic

#272E69 #384196 #4E59BD #7B83CE #A7ADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#4E59BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#4E59BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E59BD

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E59BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E59BD	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D68C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e59bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.156 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8987d1',
    500: '#4e59bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e59bd;
$custom-light: #8987d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e59bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.054,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50921,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E59BD

secondary

#CCC79B

accent

#C852D5

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E59BD

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

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