#4E5EA9#4E5EA9

#4E5EA9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.120 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5EA9
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 169)
HSL	hsl(229, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(229, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 44.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 16.03, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 45.23, 290.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.005 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.12 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3037, 12.4887, 39.1853)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5EA9 #A9994E

analogous

#4E8BA9 #4E5EA9 #6B4EA9

triadic

#4E5EA9 #A94E5E #5EA94E

tetradic

#4E5EA9 #A94E8B #A9994E #4EA96B

square

#4E5EA9 #A94E8B #A9994E #4EA96B

split-complementary

#4E5EA9 #A96B4E #8BA94E

monochromatic

#272F55 #3B477F #4E5EA9 #7582BF #9FA8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#4E5EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#4E5EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5EA9

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5EA9	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)

#3E67AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#226E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.120 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868bc3',
    500: '#4e5ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5ea9;
$custom-light: #868bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.451,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50578,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5EA9

secondary

#BFB893

accent

#B95BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0C12

muted

#7D7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5EA9

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

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