#4E5B89#4E5B89

#4E5B89 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.076 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B89
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 137)
HSL	hsl(227, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(227, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 33.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 7.66, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 28.24, 285.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.0017 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.076 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3969, 10.9074, 25.1669)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B89 #897C4E

analogous

#4E7989 #4E5B89 #5F4E89

triadic

#4E5B89 #894E5B #5B894E

tetradic

#4E5B89 #894E79 #897C4E #4E895F

square

#4E5B89 #894E79 #897C4E #4E895F

split-complementary

#4E5B89 #895F4E #79894E

monochromatic

#22273B #384162 #4E5B89 #6A78AA #919BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#4E5B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#4E5B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B89

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B89	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B608B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A646C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.076 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8289ab',
    500: '#4e5b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b89;
$custom-light: #8289ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.78,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48051,
    "c": 0.07616,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B89

secondary

#ADA486

accent

#AF64C4

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B89

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

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