#4850D9#4850D9

#4850D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.206 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4850D9
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 217)
HSL	hsl(237, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(237, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, 40.00, -71.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 81.62, 299.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.0141 -0.2053)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.206 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0614, 12.1231, 67.0204)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4850D9 #D9D148

analogous

#4898D9 #4850D9 #8948D9

triadic

#4850D9 #D94850 #50D948

tetradic

#4850D9 #D94898 #D9D148 #48D989

square

#4850D9 #D94898 #D9D148 #48D989

split-complementary

#4850D9 #D98948 #98D948

monochromatic

#1D238A #272FBD #4850D9 #7B80E4 #ADB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#4850D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#4850D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4850D9

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4850D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4850D9	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4850d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.206 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c81e6',
    500: '#4850d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4850d9;
$custom-light: #8c81e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4850d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.69,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51114,
    "c": 0.20575,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4850D9

secondary

#DCD9A1

accent

#DF3FE9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4850D9

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

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