#4E59C5#4E59C5

#4E59C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.167 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E59C5
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 197)
HSL	hsl(234, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(234, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 54.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 28.60, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 64.59, 296.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.0133 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.167 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7890, 12.7944, 54.3973)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E59C5 #C5BA4E

analogous

#4E95C5 #4E59C5 #7F4EC5

triadic

#4E59C5 #C54E59 #59C54E

tetradic

#4E59C5 #C54E95 #C5BA4E #4EC57F

square

#4E59C5 #C54E95 #C5BA4E #4EC57F

split-complementary

#4E59C5 #C57F4E #95C54E

monochromatic

#262D73 #353FA1 #4E59C5 #7C84D4 #AAAFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#4E59C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#4E59C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E59C5

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E59C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E59C5	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0869C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e59c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.167 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b87d7',
    500: '#4e59c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e59c5;
$custom-light: #8b87d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e59c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.454,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51507,
    "c": 0.1667,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E59C5

secondary

#D1CC9E

accent

#CD4EDA

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0D0B14

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E59C5

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

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