#4949B8#4949B8

#4949B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.171 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4949B8
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 184)
HSL	hsl(240, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(240, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 60.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 33.39, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 67.69, 299.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.0227 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.171 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7791, 9.6412, 46.4729)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4949B8 #B8B849

analogous

#4980B8 #4949B8 #8049B8

triadic

#4949B8 #B84949 #49B849

tetradic

#4949B8 #B84980 #B8B849 #49B880

square

#4949B8 #B84980 #B8B849 #49B880

split-complementary

#4949B8 #B88049 #80B849

monochromatic

#262661 #37378D #4949B8 #7575C9 #A1A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#4949B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4949B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4949B8

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4949B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4949B8	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4949b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.171 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877cce',
    500: '#4949b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4949b8;
$custom-light: #877cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4949b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4721,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4949B8

secondary

#C7C796

accent

#D454D4

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0914

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4949B8

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

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