#4E5EA7#4E5EA7

#4E5EA7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.117 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5EA7
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 167)
HSL	hsl(229, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(229, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 43.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, 15.37, -41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 44.06, 290.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% 0.0046 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.117 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1174, 12.4142, 38.2040)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5EA7 #A7974E

analogous

#4E8BA7 #4E5EA7 #6A4EA7

triadic

#4E5EA7 #A74E5E #5EA74E

tetradic

#4E5EA7 #A74E8B #A7974E #4EA76A

square

#4E5EA7 #A74E8B #A7974E #4EA76A

split-complementary

#4E5EA7 #A76A4E #8BA74E

monochromatic

#272F54 #3B477D #4E5EA7 #7481BE #9EA7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#4E5EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#4E5EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5EA7

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5EA7	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F67AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.117 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868bc1',
    500: '#4e5ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5ea7;
$custom-light: #868bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.213,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50452,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5EA7

secondary

#BEB792

accent

#B85BCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0F0F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0C12

muted

#7D7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5EA7

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

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