#4E6CB3#4E6CB3

#4E6CB3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.117 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6CB3
RGB	rgb(78, 108, 179)
HSL	hsl(222, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(222, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 39.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 10.55, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 42.40, 284.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% -0.0093 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.117 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6384, 15.5982, 44.7731)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6CB3 #B3954E

analogous

#4E9FB3 #4E6CB3 #624EB3

triadic

#4E6CB3 #B34E6C #6CB34E

tetradic

#4E6CB3 #B34E9F #B3954E #4EB362

square

#4E6CB3 #B34E9F #B3954E #4EB362

split-complementary

#4E6CB3 #B3624E #9FB34E

monochromatic

#28385E #3B5289 #4E6CB3 #7990C5 #A4B3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#4E6CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#4E6CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6CB3

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6CB3	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E73B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C7C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 108, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.117 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8795ca',
    500: '#4e6cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6cb3;
$custom-light: #8795ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.178,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54186,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6CB3

secondary

#C5B898

accent

#AC58D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6CB3

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

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