#4E59DE#4E59DE

#4E59DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.200 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E59DE
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(235, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 37.02, -69.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 78.56, 298.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.0135 -0.1996)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.2 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8947, 14.0366, 70.7540)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E59DE #DED34E

analogous

#4EA1DE #4E59DE #8B4EDE

triadic

#4E59DE #DE4E59 #59DE4E

tetradic

#4E59DE #DE4EA1 #DED34E #4EDE8B

square

#4E59DE #DE4EA1 #DED34E #4EDE8B

split-complementary

#4E59DE #DE8B4E #A1DE4E

monochromatic

#1C2596 #2632C9 #4E59DE #8289E8 #B5BAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#4E59DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#4E59DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E59DE

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E59DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E59DE	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e59de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.200 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f88e9',
    500: '#4e59de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e59de;
$custom-light: #8f88e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e59de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.417,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53448,
    "c": 0.20006,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E59DE

secondary

#E0DCA8

accent

#DE3CEB

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E59DE

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

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