#4949E1#4949E1

#4949E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.223 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4949E1
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(240, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(240, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.60, 46.93, -77.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.60, 90.21, 301.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.0193 -0.2225)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.223 275)
XYZ	xyz(18.7163, 11.6161, 72.4753)
Luminance	0.1162 (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

#4949E1 #E1E149

analogous

#4995E1 #4949E1 #9549E1

triadic

#4949E1 #E14949 #49E149

tetradic

#4949E1 #E14995 #E1E149 #49E195

square

#4949E1 #E14995 #E1E149 #49E195

split-complementary

#4949E1 #E19549 #95E149

monochromatic

#191997 #2222CB #4949E1 #7E7EEA #B2B2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#4949E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#4949E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4949E1

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4949E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4949E1	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4949e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.223 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7dec',
    500: '#4949e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4949e1;
$custom-light: #8f7dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4949e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50749,
    "c": 0.22338,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.11618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4949E1

secondary

#E1E1A5

accent

#EE39EE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4949E1

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

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