#4E5BA9#4E5BA9

#4E5BA9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.124 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5BA9
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 169)
HSL	hsl(231, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(231, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 46.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 17.94, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 47.15, 292.36°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.0085 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.124 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0421, 11.9655, 39.0981)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5BA9 #A99C4E

analogous

#4E88A9 #4E5BA9 #6E4EA9

triadic

#4E5BA9 #A94E5B #5BA94E

tetradic

#4E5BA9 #A94E88 #A99C4E #4EA96E

square

#4E5BA9 #A94E88 #A99C4E #4EA96E

split-complementary

#4E5BA9 #A96E4E #88A94E

monochromatic

#272E55 #3B447F #4E5BA9 #7580BF #9FA6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#4E5BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#4E5BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5BA9

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5BA9	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3965AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E5DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.124 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689c3',
    500: '#4e5ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5ba9;
$custom-light: #8689c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49951,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5BA9

secondary

#BFB993

accent

#BD5BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5BA9

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

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