#4550E8#4550E8

#4550E8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.225 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4550E8
RGB	rgb(69, 80, 232)
HSL	hsl(236, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 65.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 44.66, -77.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 89.80, 299.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% 0.0097 -0.2251)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.225 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8835, 12.8268, 77.7562)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4550E8 #E8DD45

analogous

#45A2E8 #4550E8 #8C45E8

triadic

#4550E8 #E84550 #50E845

tetradic

#4550E8 #E845A2 #E8DD45 #45E88C

square

#4550E8 #E845A2 #E8DD45 #45E88C

split-complementary

#4550E8 #E88C45 #A2E845

monochromatic

#141D9F #1A27D5 #4550E8 #7B83EF #B2B6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#4550E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#4550E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4550E8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4550E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4550E8	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4550e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 80, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.225 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e81f1',
    500: '#4550e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4550e8;
$custom-light: #8e81f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4550e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.951,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52252,
    "c": 0.22535,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4550E8

secondary

#E4E0A4

accent

#E733F4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4550E8

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

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