#4E5CA8#4E5CA8

#4E5CA8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.122 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5CA8
RGB	rgb(78, 92, 168)
HSL	hsl(231, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(231, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 45.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 16.97, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 45.92, 291.69°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.0072 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.122 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0346, 12.1002, 38.6342)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5CA8 #A89A4E

analogous

#4E89A8 #4E5CA8 #6D4EA8

triadic

#4E5CA8 #A84E5C #5CA84E

tetradic

#4E5CA8 #A84E89 #A89A4E #4EA86D

square

#4E5CA8 #A84E89 #A89A4E #4EA86D

split-complementary

#4E5CA8 #A86D4E #89A84E

monochromatic

#272E54 #3B457E #4E5CA8 #7580BF #9EA6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#4E5CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#4E5CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5CA8

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5CA8	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B66AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 92, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.122 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689c2',
    500: '#4e5ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5ca8;
$custom-light: #8689c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50095,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5CA8

secondary

#BFB893

accent

#BB5BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5CA8

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

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