#4851D8#4851D8

#4851D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.203 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4851D8
RGB	rgb(72, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(236, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, 39.05, -70.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 80.44, 299.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.0134 -0.2029)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.203 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0055, 12.2188, 66.3620)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4851D8 #D8CF48

analogous

#4899D8 #4851D8 #8748D8

triadic

#4851D8 #D84851 #51D848

tetradic

#4851D8 #D84899 #D8CF48 #48D887

square

#4851D8 #D84899 #D8CF48 #48D887

split-complementary

#4851D8 #D88748 #99D848

monochromatic

#1D2489 #2831BB #4851D8 #7A81E3 #ADB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#4851D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#4851D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4851D8

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4851D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4851D8	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4851d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.203 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c82e5',
    500: '#4851d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4851d8;
$custom-light: #8c82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4851d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51199,
    "c": 0.2033,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4851D8

secondary

#DBD8A0

accent

#DD40E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4851D8

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

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