#4E5BB9#4E5BB9

#4E5BB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.147 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5BB9
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 185)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(233, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 50.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 23.29, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 56.44, 294.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.0104 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.147 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6371, 12.6035, 47.4982)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5BB9 #B9AC4E

analogous

#4E91B9 #4E5BB9 #774EB9

triadic

#4E5BB9 #B94E5B #5BB94E

tetradic

#4E5BB9 #B94E91 #B9AC4E #4EB977

square

#4E5BB9 #B94E91 #B9AC4E #4EB977

split-complementary

#4E5BB9 #B9774E #91B94E

monochromatic

#282F65 #394491 #4E5BB9 #7A84CA #A6ACDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#4E5BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#4E5BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5BB9

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5BB9	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2968BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#155FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#037081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.147 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8989cf',
    500: '#4e5bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5bb9;
$custom-light: #8989cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.71,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5103,
    "c": 0.14737,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5BB9

secondary

#C9C39A

accent

#C455D3

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5BB9

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

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