#4E5CB5#4E5CB5

#4E5CB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.140 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5CB5
RGB	rgb(78, 92, 181)
HSL	hsl(232, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(232, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 49.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 21.31, -49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 53.48, 293.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.0089 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.14 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3068, 12.6091, 45.3343)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5CB5 #B5A74E

analogous

#4E8FB5 #4E5CB5 #734EB5

triadic

#4E5CB5 #B54E5C #5CB54E

tetradic

#4E5CB5 #B54E8F #B5A74E #4EB573

square

#4E5CB5 #B54E8F #B5A74E #4EB573

split-complementary

#4E5CB5 #B5734E #8FB54E

monochromatic

#283060 #3A458B #4E5CB5 #7984C7 #A4ABD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#4E5CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#4E5CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5CB5

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5CB5	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3068B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F7080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 92, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.140 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8889cc',
    500: '#4e5cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5cb5;
$custom-light: #8889cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.845,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50954,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5CB5

secondary

#C6C099

accent

#C057D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5CB5

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

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