#4E5DAE#4E5DAE

#4E5DAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.129 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5DAE
RGB	rgb(78, 93, 174)
HSL	hsl(231, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(231, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 46.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 18.33, -45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 48.78, 292.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.0069 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.129 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6937, 12.5034, 41.6753)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5DAE #AE9F4E

analogous

#4E8DAE #4E5DAE #6F4EAE

triadic

#4E5DAE #AE4E5D #5DAE4E

tetradic

#4E5DAE #AE4E8D #AE9F4E #4EAE6F

square

#4E5DAE #AE4E8D #AE9F4E #4EAE6F

split-complementary

#4E5DAE #AE6F4E #8DAE4E

monochromatic

#283059 #3B4684 #4E5DAE #7783C2 #A1A9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#4E5DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#4E5DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5DAE

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5DAE	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3867B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C5FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C6F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 93, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.129 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878ac7',
    500: '#4e5dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5dae;
$custom-light: #878ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50691,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5DAE

secondary

#C2BB96

accent

#BC5ACE

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5DAE

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

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