#4849E6#4849E6

#4849E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.230 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4849E6
RGB	rgb(72, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(240, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 48.43, -79.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 92.88, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.0176 -0.229)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.23 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3332, 11.8542, 76.1168)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4849E6 #E6E548

analogous

#4898E6 #4849E6 #9648E6

triadic

#4849E6 #E64849 #49E648

tetradic

#4849E6 #E64898 #E6E548 #48E696

square

#4849E6 #E64898 #E6E548 #48E696

split-complementary

#4849E6 #E69648 #98E648

monochromatic

#16169E #1D1ED4 #4849E6 #7E7FED #B4B4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#4849E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#4849E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4849E6

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4849E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4849E6	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4849e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.230 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7def',
    500: '#4849e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4849e6;
$custom-light: #8f7def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4849e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.62,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51146,
    "c": 0.22971,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4849E6

secondary

#E4E3A6

accent

#F135F3

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4849E6

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

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