#4E5E8A#4E5E8A

#4E5E8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.074 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5E8A
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(224, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(224, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 6.08, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 27.04, 282.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.78% -0.0021 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(48.78% 0.074 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7306, 11.4595, 25.6336)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5E8A #8A7A4E

analogous

#4E7C8A #4E5E8A #5C4E8A

triadic

#4E5E8A #8A4E5E #5E8A4E

tetradic

#4E5E8A #8A4E7C #8A7A4E #4E8A5C

square

#4E5E8A #8A4E7C #8A7A4E #4E8A5C

split-complementary

#4E5E8A #8A5C4E #7C8A4E

monochromatic

#22293C #384363 #4E5E8A #6A7CAB #919EC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#4E5E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#4E5E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5E8A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5E8A	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F628C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.074 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828bac',
    500: '#4e5e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5e8a;
$custom-light: #828bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4878,
    "c": 0.07376,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5E8A

secondary

#AEA386

accent

#AA64C4

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0C10

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5E8A

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

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