#4E5EA8#4E5EA8

#4E5EA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.119 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5EA8
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 168)
HSL	hsl(229, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(229, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 44%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, 15.70, -41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 44.64, 290.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% 0.0048 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.119 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2102, 12.4513, 38.6927)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5EA8 #A8984E

analogous

#4E8BA8 #4E5EA8 #6B4EA8

triadic

#4E5EA8 #A84E5E #5EA84E

tetradic

#4E5EA8 #A84E8B #A8984E #4EA86B

square

#4E5EA8 #A84E8B #A8984E #4EA86B

split-complementary

#4E5EA8 #A86B4E #8BA84E

monochromatic

#272F54 #3B477E #4E5EA8 #7582BF #9EA8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#4E5EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#4E5EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5EA8

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5EA8	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F67AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.119 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868bc2',
    500: '#4e5ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5ea8;
$custom-light: #868bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50515,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5EA8

secondary

#BFB793

accent

#B85BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0C12

muted

#7D7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5EA8

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

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