#4850E3#4850E3

#4850E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.218 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4850E3
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 227)
HSL	hsl(237, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 43.34, -75.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 87.04, 299.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.0134 -0.218)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.218 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4016, 12.6593, 74.0792)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4850E3 #E3DB48

analogous

#489DE3 #4850E3 #8D48E3

triadic

#4850E3 #E34850 #50E348

tetradic

#4850E3 #E3489D #E3DB48 #48E38D

square

#4850E3 #E3489D #E3DB48 #48E38D

split-complementary

#4850E3 #E38D48 #9DE348

monochromatic

#171E99 #2029CE #4850E3 #7D83EB #B2B6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#4850E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#4850E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4850E3

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4850E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4850E3	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4850e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.218 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e81ed',
    500: '#4850e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4850e3;
$custom-light: #8e81ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4850e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.903,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5198,
    "c": 0.21839,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4850E3

secondary

#E2DFA5

accent

#E738F0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4850E3

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

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