#4E5CB6#4E5CB6

#4E5CB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.142 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5CB6
RGB	rgb(78, 92, 182)
HSL	hsl(232, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(232, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 49.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 21.64, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 54.06, 293.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.0091 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.142 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4098, 12.6503, 45.8766)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5CB6 #B6A84E

analogous

#4E90B6 #4E5CB6 #744EB6

triadic

#4E5CB6 #B64E5C #5CB64E

tetradic

#4E5CB6 #B64E90 #B6A84E #4EB674

square

#4E5CB6 #B64E90 #B6A84E #4EB674

split-complementary

#4E5CB6 #B6744E #90B64E

monochromatic

#283061 #3A458D #4E5CB6 #7984C8 #A5ACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#4E5CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#4E5CB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5CB6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5CB6	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F68B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F5FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C7080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 92, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.142 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8889cc',
    500: '#4e5cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5cb6;
$custom-light: #8889cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.923,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51022,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5CB6

secondary

#C7C199

accent

#C156D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5CB6

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

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