#4E5BA8#4E5BA8

#4E5BA8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.123 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5BA8
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 168)
HSL	hsl(231, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(231, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 45.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 17.61, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 46.56, 292.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% 0.0084 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.123 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9486, 11.9281, 38.6055)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5BA8 #A89B4E

analogous

#4E88A8 #4E5BA8 #6E4EA8

triadic

#4E5BA8 #A84E5B #5BA84E

tetradic

#4E5BA8 #A84E88 #A89B4E #4EA86E

square

#4E5BA8 #A84E88 #A89B4E #4EA86E

split-complementary

#4E5BA8 #A86E4E #88A84E

monochromatic

#272E54 #3B447E #4E5BA8 #757FBF #9EA6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#4E5BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#4E5BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5BA8

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5BA8	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3965AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F5DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.123 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689c2',
    500: '#4e5ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5ba8;
$custom-light: #8689c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49887,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5BA8

secondary

#BFB993

accent

#BC5BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5BA8

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

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