#4E6BA5#4E6BA5

#4E6BA5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.098 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6BA5
RGB	rgb(78, 107, 165)
HSL	hsl(220, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(220, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 35.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.43, 6.55, -34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.43, 35.09, 280.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.16% -0.0115 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(53.16% 0.098 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1888, 14.8506, 37.6561)
Luminance	0.1485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6BA5 #A5884E

analogous

#4E96A5 #4E6BA5 #5D4EA5

triadic

#4E6BA5 #A54E6B #6BA54E

tetradic

#4E6BA5 #A54E96 #A5884E #4EA55D

square

#4E6BA5 #A54E96 #A5884E #4EA55D

split-complementary

#4E6BA5 #A55D4E #96A54E

monochromatic

#273552 #3A507B #4E6BA5 #738CBD #9DAED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#4E6BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#4E6BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6BA5

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6BA5	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5470A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A68A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#237880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 107, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.098 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8595c0',
    500: '#4e6ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6ba5;
$custom-light: #8595c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53163,
    "c": 0.09791,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6BA5

secondary

#BDAF91

accent

#A75CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6BA5

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

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