#4E5A89#4E5A89

#4E5A89 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.078 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A89
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 137)
HSL	hsl(228, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(228, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.13, 8.29, -27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.13, 28.85, 286.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.0031 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.078 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3120, 10.7376, 25.1386)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A89 #897D4E

analogous

#4E7889 #4E5A89 #604E89

triadic

#4E5A89 #894E5A #5A894E

tetradic

#4E5A89 #894E78 #897D4E #4E8960

square

#4E5A89 #894E78 #897D4E #4E8960

split-complementary

#4E5A89 #89604E #78894E

monochromatic

#22273B #384062 #4E5A89 #6A77AA #919BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#4E5A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#4E5A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A89

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A89	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B646B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.078 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8288ab',
    500: '#4e5a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a89;
$custom-light: #8288ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.797,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47828,
    "c": 0.07751,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A89

secondary

#ADA586

accent

#B064C4

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFEFF4

border

#CACACE

text

#0B0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A89

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

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