#4E5C8F#4E5C8F

#4E5C8F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.084 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5C8F
RGB	rgb(78, 92, 143)
HSL	hsl(227, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(227, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 35.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.01, 8.89, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.01, 31.19, 286.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.6% 0.002 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(48.6% 0.084 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9254, 11.2565, 27.5256)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5C8F #8F814E

analogous

#4E7C8F #4E5C8F #604E8F

triadic

#4E5C8F #8F4E5C #5C8F4E

tetradic

#4E5C8F #8F4E7C #8F814E #4E8F60

square

#4E5C8F #8F4E7C #8F814E #4E8F60

split-complementary

#4E5C8F #8F604E #7C8F4E

monochromatic

#232940 #384367 #4E5C8F #6C7AAF #939EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#4E5C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#4E5C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5C8F

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5C8F	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37666F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 92, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.084 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838ab0',
    500: '#4e5c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5c8f;
$custom-light: #838ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.077,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48601,
    "c": 0.08401,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5C8F

secondary

#B1A888

accent

#B062C6

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5C8F

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

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