#4850D8#4850D8

#4850D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.204 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4850D8
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 216)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(237, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 63%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 39.66, -70.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 81.07, 299.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.0141 -0.204)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.204 274)
XYZ	xyz(17.9317, 12.0713, 66.3374)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4850D8 #D8D048

analogous

#4898D8 #4850D8 #8848D8

triadic

#4850D8 #D84850 #50D848

tetradic

#4850D8 #D84898 #D8D048 #48D888

square

#4850D8 #D84898 #D8D048 #48D888

split-complementary

#4850D8 #D88848 #98D848

monochromatic

#1D2389 #2830BB #4850D8 #7A80E3 #ADB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#4850D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#4850D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4850D8

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4850D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4850D8	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4850d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.204 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c81e5',
    500: '#4850d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4850d8;
$custom-light: #8c81e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4850d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51028,
    "c": 0.20447,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.12073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4850D8

secondary

#DBD8A0

accent

#DF40E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4850D8

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

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