#4E6996#4E6996

#4E6996 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.079 H 260.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6996
RGB	rgb(78, 105, 150)
HSL	hsl(218, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(218, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 30%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, 2.98, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 27.81, 276.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% -0.0132 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.079 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6967, 13.9240, 30.8141)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6996 #967B4E

analogous

#4E8D96 #4E6996 #574E96

triadic

#4E6996 #964E69 #69964E

tetradic

#4E6996 #964E8D #967B4E #4E9657

square

#4E6996 #964E8D #967B4E #4E9657

split-complementary

#4E6996 #96574E #8D964E

monochromatic

#243145 #394D6E #4E6996 #6E88B3 #96A9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#4E6996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#4E6996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6996

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6996	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#317379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 105, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.079 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8393b5',
    500: '#4e6996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6996;
$custom-light: #8393b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51909,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6996

secondary

#B5A58B

accent

#A160C8

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6996

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

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