#4E5EA4#4E5EA4

#4E5EA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.113 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5EA4
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 164)
HSL	hsl(229, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(229, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 42.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.70, 14.38, -39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.70, 42.31, 289.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% 0.0041 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.113 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8433, 12.3045, 36.7603)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5EA4 #A4944E

analogous

#4E89A4 #4E5EA4 #694EA4

triadic

#4E5EA4 #A44E5E #5EA44E

tetradic

#4E5EA4 #A44E89 #A4944E #4EA469

square

#4E5EA4 #A44E89 #A4944E #4EA469

split-complementary

#4E5EA4 #A4694E #89A44E

monochromatic

#272E51 #3A467B #4E5EA4 #7381BC #9CA6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#4E5EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#4E5EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5EA4

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5EA4	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4166A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#276D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.113 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858bbf',
    500: '#4e5ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5ea4;
$custom-light: #858bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.837,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50265,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5EA4

secondary

#BDB591

accent

#B75CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0F0F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0B0C12

muted

#7C7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5EA4

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

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