#4E5B85#4E5B85

#4E5B85 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.070 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B85
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 133)
HSL	hsl(226, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(226, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 31.6%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.23, 6.44, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.23, 25.87, 284.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.84% 0.0005 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(47.84% 0.07 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1153, 10.7948, 23.6837)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B85 #85784E

analogous

#4E7785 #4E5B85 #5D4E85

triadic

#4E5B85 #854E5B #5B854E

tetradic

#4E5B85 #854E77 #85784E #4E855D

square

#4E5B85 #854E77 #85784E #4E855D

split-complementary

#4E5B85 #855D4E #77854E

monochromatic

#212638 #37415E #4E5B85 #6978A7 #909BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#4E5B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#4E5B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B85

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B85	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C636A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.070 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8289a8',
    500: '#4e5b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b85;
$custom-light: #8289a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.818,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4784,
    "c": 0.06998,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B85

secondary

#AAA184

accent

#AC65C2

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0A0B0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B85

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

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