#4E5FA6#4E5FA6

#4E5FA6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.115 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5FA6
RGB	rgb(78, 95, 166)
HSL	hsl(228, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(228, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 42.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 14.40, -40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 42.84, 289.64°)
OKLab	oklab(50.6% 0.0033 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(50.6% 0.115 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1148, 12.5563, 37.7488)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5FA6 #A6954E

analogous

#4E8BA6 #4E5FA6 #694EA6

triadic

#4E5FA6 #A64E5F #5FA64E

tetradic

#4E5FA6 #A64E8B #A6954E #4EA669

square

#4E5FA6 #A64E8B #A6954E #4EA669

split-complementary

#4E5FA6 #A6694E #8BA64E

monochromatic

#272F53 #3A477C #4E5FA6 #7482BE #9DA7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#4E5FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#4E5FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5FA6

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5FA6	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4267A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3860A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#256E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 95, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.115 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868cc1',
    500: '#4e5fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5fa6;
$custom-light: #868cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.409,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50602,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5FA6

secondary

#BEB592

accent

#B65CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0F0F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0C12

muted

#7D7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5FA6

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

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