#4E59E1#4E59E1

#4E59E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.204 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E59E1
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 225)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 38.03, -70.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 80.21, 298.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.0134 -0.2035)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.204 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3004, 14.1989, 72.8904)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E59E1 #E1D64E

analogous

#4EA3E1 #4E59E1 #8D4EE1

triadic

#4E59E1 #E14E59 #59E14E

tetradic

#4E59E1 #E14EA3 #E1D64E #4EE18D

square

#4E59E1 #E14EA3 #E1D64E #4EE18D

split-complementary

#4E59E1 #E18D4E #A3E14E

monochromatic

#1A249A #2330CF #4E59E1 #828AEA #B7BBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#4E59E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#4E59E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E59E1

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E59E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E59E1	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e59e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.204 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9088eb',
    500: '#4e59e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e59e1;
$custom-light: #9088eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e59e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.51,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53691,
    "c": 0.20395,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E59E1

secondary

#E2DEA9

accent

#E03AEE

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E59E1

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

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