#4849E5#4849E5

#4849E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.229 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4849E5
RGBrgb(72, 73, 229)
HSLhsl(240, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(240, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(40.89, 48.11, -78.83)
CIE-LCHlch(40.89, 92.36, 301.39°)
OKLaboklab(51.05% 0.0177 -0.2278)
OKLCHoklch(51.05% 0.229 274.4)
XYZxyz(19.1932, 11.7981, 75.3793)
Luminance0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4849E5 #E5E448
analogous
#4898E5 #4849E5 #9648E5
triadic
#4849E5 #E54849 #49E548
tetradic
#4849E5 #E54898 #E5E448 #48E596
square
#4849E5 #E54898 #E5E448 #48E596
split-complementary
#4849E5 #E59648 #98E548
monochromatic
#16179C #1E1FD2 #4849E5 #7E7EED #B3B4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25
#4849E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36
#4849E5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4849E5
6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4849E5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4849E51.006.253.366.25
#FFFFFF6.251.0021.001.00
#0000003.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.251.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0068EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0059E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007391
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4849e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 73, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.229 274.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7dee',
    500: '#4849e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4849e5;
$custom-light: #8f7dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4849e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.618,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51054,
    "c": 0.2285,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4849E5
secondary
#E3E3A6
accent
#F136F2
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EEFD
border
#CCC9D5
text
#0E0A17
muted
#7E7C85

Preview Lab

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#4849E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva