#4E6AA5#4E6AA5

#4E6AA5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.099 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6AA5
RGB	rgb(78, 106, 165)
HSL	hsl(221, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(221, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 35.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 7.17, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 35.65, 281.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% -0.0103 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.099 264)
XYZ	xyz(15.0852, 14.6433, 37.6215)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6AA5 #A5894E

analogous

#4E95A5 #4E6AA5 #5E4EA5

triadic

#4E6AA5 #A54E6A #6AA54E

tetradic

#4E6AA5 #A54E95 #A5894E #4EA55E

square

#4E6AA5 #A54E95 #A5894E #4EA55E

split-complementary

#4E6AA5 #A55E4E #95A54E

monochromatic

#273552 #3A4F7B #4E6AA5 #738BBD #9DADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#4E6AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#4E6AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6AA5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6AA5	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4967A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#247780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 106, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.099 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8594c0',
    500: '#4e6aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6aa5;
$custom-light: #8594c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.69,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5294,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.14644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6AA5

secondary

#BDAF91

accent

#A85CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6AA5

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

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