#4849E2#4849E2

#4849E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.225 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4849E2
RGB	rgb(72, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(240, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.63, 47.14, -77.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.63, 90.77, 301.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.0181 -0.2241)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.225 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7780, 11.6320, 73.1924)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.27

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4849E2 #E2E148

analogous

#4896E2 #4849E2 #9448E2

triadic

#4849E2 #E24849 #49E248

tetradic

#4849E2 #E24896 #E2E148 #48E294

square

#4849E2 #E24896 #E2E148 #48E294

split-complementary

#4849E2 #E29448 #96E248

monochromatic

#181998 #2022CC #4849E2 #7D7EEA #B2B2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#4849E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#4849E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4849E2

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4849E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4849E2	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4849e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.225 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7dec',
    500: '#4849e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4849e2;
$custom-light: #8e7dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4849e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.61,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50779,
    "c": 0.22484,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4849E2

secondary

#E1E1A4

accent

#EE38EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4849E2

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

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