#4E6EA5#4E6EA5

#4E6EA5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.094 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6EA5
RGB	rgb(78, 110, 165)
HSL	hsl(218, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(218, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 4.70, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 33.45, 278.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% -0.0152 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.094 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5071, 15.4870, 37.7622)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6EA5 #A5854E

analogous

#4E99A5 #4E6EA5 #5A4EA5

triadic

#4E6EA5 #A54E6E #6EA54E

tetradic

#4E6EA5 #A54E99 #A5854E #4EA55A

square

#4E6EA5 #A54E99 #A5854E #4EA55A

split-complementary

#4E6EA5 #A55A4E #99A54E

monochromatic

#273752 #3A527B #4E6EA5 #738EBD #9DB0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#4E6EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#4E6EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6EA5

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6EA5	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5872A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#237A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 110, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.094 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8597c0',
    500: '#4e6ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6ea5;
$custom-light: #8597c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.931,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53836,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6EA5

secondary

#BDAD91

accent

#A35CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6EA5

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

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