#4E5D99#4E5D99

#4E5D99 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.098 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5D99
RGB	rgb(78, 93, 153)
HSL	hsl(228, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(228, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 39.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 11.44, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 36.48, 288.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% 0.0031 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.098 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8042, 11.7475, 31.7236)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5D99 #998A4E

analogous

#4E8299 #4E5D99 #644E99

triadic

#4E5D99 #994E5D #5D994E

tetradic

#4E5D99 #994E82 #998A4E #4E9964

square

#4E5D99 #994E82 #998A4E #4E9964

split-complementary

#4E5D99 #99644E #82994E

monochromatic

#252C48 #394470 #4E5D99 #6F7DB5 #97A1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#4E5D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#4E5D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5D99

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5D99	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46649B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#316A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 93, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.098 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848ab7',
    500: '#4e5d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5d99;
$custom-light: #848ab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4939,
    "c": 0.09784,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5D99

secondary

#B7AE8C

accent

#B45FC9

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5D99

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

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