#4E5C99#4E5C99

#4E5C99 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.099 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5C99
RGB	rgb(78, 92, 153)
HSL	hsl(229, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(229, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 39.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 12.07, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 37.10, 288.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.0043 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.099 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7170, 11.5731, 31.6946)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5C99 #998B4E

analogous

#4E8199 #4E5C99 #654E99

triadic

#4E5C99 #994E5C #5C994E

tetradic

#4E5C99 #994E81 #998B4E #4E9965

square

#4E5C99 #994E81 #998B4E #4E9965

split-complementary

#4E5C99 #99654E #81994E

monochromatic

#252B48 #394470 #4E5C99 #6F7CB5 #97A1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#4E5C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#4E5C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5C99

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5C99	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45639B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#316973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 92, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.099 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8489b7',
    500: '#4e5c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5c99;
$custom-light: #8489b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49173,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5C99

secondary

#B7AF8C

accent

#B55FC9

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5C99

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

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