#4851E2#4851E2

#4851E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.216 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4851E2
RGB	rgb(72, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(236, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(236, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, 42.41, -74.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 85.88, 299.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.06% 0.0127 -0.2156)
OKLCH	oklch(52.06% 0.216 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3378, 12.7517, 73.3790)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4851E2 #E2D948

analogous

#489EE2 #4851E2 #8C48E2

triadic

#4851E2 #E24851 #51E248

tetradic

#4851E2 #E2489E #E2D948 #48E28C

square

#4851E2 #E2489E #E2D948 #48E28C

split-complementary

#4851E2 #E28C48 #9EE248

monochromatic

#181F98 #202ACC #4851E2 #7D83EA #B2B5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#4851E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#4851E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4851E2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4851E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4851E2	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4851e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.216 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e82ec',
    500: '#4851e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4851e2;
$custom-light: #8e82ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4851e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.494,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52058,
    "c": 0.21601,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4851E2

secondary

#E1DEA4

accent

#E538EF

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4851E2

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

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