#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
RGB	rgb(72, 73, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.89, 48.11, -78.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.89, 92.36, 301.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% 0.0177 -0.2278)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.229 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1932, 11.7981, 75.3793)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##4849E5	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4849E5

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

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