#4E5FA8#4E5FA8

#4E5FA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.117 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5FA8
RGB	rgb(78, 95, 168)
HSL	hsl(229, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(229, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 43.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 15.06, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 44.01, 290.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% 0.0036 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.117 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2997, 12.6303, 38.7226)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5FA8 #A8974E

analogous

#4E8CA8 #4E5FA8 #6A4EA8

triadic

#4E5FA8 #A84E5F #5FA84E

tetradic

#4E5FA8 #A84E8C #A8974E #4EA86A

square

#4E5FA8 #A84E8C #A8974E #4EA86A

split-complementary

#4E5FA8 #A86A4E #8CA84E

monochromatic

#273054 #3B477E #4E5FA8 #7583BF #9EA8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#4E5FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#4E5FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5FA8

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5FA8	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4068AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3660A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 95, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.117 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868cc2',
    500: '#4e5fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5fa8;
$custom-light: #868cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50726,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5FA8

secondary

#BFB793

accent

#B75BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0C12

muted

#7D7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5FA8

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

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