#4E5BA7#4E5BA7

#4E5BA7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.121 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5BA7
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 167)
HSL	hsl(231, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(231, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 45.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 17.28, -42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 45.98, 292.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.0082 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.121 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8558, 11.8910, 38.1168)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5BA7 #A79A4E

analogous

#4E87A7 #4E5BA7 #6D4EA7

triadic

#4E5BA7 #A74E5B #5BA74E

tetradic

#4E5BA7 #A74E87 #A79A4E #4EA76D

square

#4E5BA7 #A74E87 #A79A4E #4EA76D

split-complementary

#4E5BA7 #A76D4E #87A74E

monochromatic

#272E54 #3B447D #4E5BA7 #747FBE #9EA5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#4E5BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#4E5BA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5BA7

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5BA7	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A65AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#305DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#256B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.121 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689c1',
    500: '#4e5ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5ba7;
$custom-light: #8689c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.236,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49822,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5BA7

secondary

#BEB892

accent

#BC5BCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0F0F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5BA7

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

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