#4E5CB4#4E5CB4

#4E5CB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.139 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5CB4
RGB	rgb(78, 92, 180)
HSL	hsl(232, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(232, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 48.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 20.97, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 52.90, 293.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% 0.0088 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.139 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2046, 12.5682, 44.7959)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5CB4 #B4A64E

analogous

#4E8FB4 #4E5CB4 #734EB4

triadic

#4E5CB4 #B44E5C #5CB44E

tetradic

#4E5CB4 #B44E8F #B4A64E #4EB473

square

#4E5CB4 #B44E8F #B4A64E #4EB473

split-complementary

#4E5CB4 #B4734E #8FB44E

monochromatic

#28305F #3B468A #4E5CB4 #7984C6 #A4ABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#4E5CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#4E5CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5CB4

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5CB4	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3168B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#225FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12707F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 92, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.139 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8889cb',
    500: '#4e5cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5cb4;
$custom-light: #8889cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.765,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50886,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5CB4

secondary

#C6BF98

accent

#C057D0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5CB4

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

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