#4850E2#4850E2

#4850E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.217 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4850E2
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(237, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 43.01, -75.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 86.50, 299.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.0134 -0.2167)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.217 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2640, 12.6042, 73.3544)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4850E2 #E2DA48

analogous

#489DE2 #4850E2 #8D48E2

triadic

#4850E2 #E24850 #50E248

tetradic

#4850E2 #E2489D #E2DA48 #48E28D

square

#4850E2 #E2489D #E2DA48 #48E28D

split-complementary

#4850E2 #E28D48 #9DE248

monochromatic

#181F98 #2029CC #4850E2 #7D83EA #B2B5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#4850E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#4850E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4850E2

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4850E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4850E2	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4850e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.217 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e81ec',
    500: '#4850e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4850e2;
$custom-light: #8e81ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4850e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.883,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51893,
    "c": 0.21714,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4850E2

secondary

#E1DEA4

accent

#E638EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4850E2

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

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