#4E5BB6#4E5BB6

#4E5BB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.143 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5BB6
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 182)
HSL	hsl(233, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(233, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 50%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, 22.28, -49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 54.70, 294.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.0101 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.143 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3237, 12.4782, 45.8479)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5BB6 #B6A94E

analogous

#4E8FB6 #4E5BB6 #754EB6

triadic

#4E5BB6 #B64E5B #5BB64E

tetradic

#4E5BB6 #B64E8F #B6A94E #4EB675

square

#4E5BB6 #B64E8F #B6A94E #4EB675

split-complementary

#4E5BB6 #B6754E #8FB64E

monochromatic

#282F61 #3A448D #4E5BB6 #7983C8 #A5ABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#4E5BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#4E5BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5BB6

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5BB6	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D68B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D6F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.143 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8889cc',
    500: '#4e5bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5bb6;
$custom-light: #8889cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50821,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5BB6

secondary

#C7C199

accent

#C256D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5BB6

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

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