#4E5B8A#4E5B8A

#4E5B8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.078 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B8A
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 138)
HSL	hsl(227, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(227, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 7.97, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 28.83, 286.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% 0.002 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.078 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4690, 10.9363, 25.5464)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B8A #8A7D4E

analogous

#4E798A #4E5B8A #5F4E8A

triadic

#4E5B8A #8A4E5B #5B8A4E

tetradic

#4E5B8A #8A4E79 #8A7D4E #4E8A5F

square

#4E5B8A #8A4E79 #8A7D4E #4E8A5F

split-complementary

#4E5B8A #8A5F4E #798A4E

monochromatic

#22273C #384163 #4E5B8A #6A78AB #919CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#4E5B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#4E5B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B8A

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B8A	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B608C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A656C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.078 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8289ac',
    500: '#4e5b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b8a;
$custom-light: #8289ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48105,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B8A

secondary

#AEA586

accent

#AF64C4

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B8A

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

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