#4E5CB3#4E5CB3

#4E5CB3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.137 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5CB3
RGB	rgb(78, 92, 179)
HSL	hsl(232, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(232, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 48.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 20.64, -48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 52.32, 293.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.0087 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.137 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1031, 12.5276, 44.2613)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5CB3 #B3A54E

analogous

#4E8EB3 #4E5CB3 #724EB3

triadic

#4E5CB3 #B34E5C #5CB34E

tetradic

#4E5CB3 #B34E8E #B3A54E #4EB372

square

#4E5CB3 #B34E8E #B3A54E #4EB372

split-complementary

#4E5CB3 #B3724E #8EB34E

monochromatic

#28305E #3B4689 #4E5CB3 #7983C5 #A4ABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#4E5CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#4E5CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5CB3

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5CB3	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3268B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#245FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#146F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 92, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.137 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8889ca',
    500: '#4e5cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5cb3;
$custom-light: #8889ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.683,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50818,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5CB3

secondary

#C5BF98

accent

#BF58D0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5CB3

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

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