#4E5A8A#4E5A8A

#4E5A8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.079 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A8A
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 138)
HSL	hsl(228, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(228, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 34.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.18, 8.60, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.18, 29.45, 286.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% 0.0033 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.079 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3841, 10.7664, 25.5181)
Luminance	0.1077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A8A #8A7E4E

analogous

#4E788A #4E5A8A #604E8A

triadic

#4E5A8A #8A4E5A #5A8A4E

tetradic

#4E5A8A #8A4E78 #8A7E4E #4E8A60

square

#4E5A8A #8A4E78 #8A7E4E #4E8A60

split-complementary

#4E5A8A #8A604E #788A4E

monochromatic

#22273C #384163 #4E5A8A #6A77AB #919BC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#4E5A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#4E5A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A8A

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A8A	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A646B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.079 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8288ac',
    500: '#4e5a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a8a;
$custom-light: #8288ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47882,
    "c": 0.07905,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A8A

secondary

#AEA686

accent

#B164C4

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFEFF4

border

#CACACE

text

#0B0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A8A

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

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