#4949E2#4949E2

#4949E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.225 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4949E2
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.69, 47.25, -77.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.69, 90.74, 301.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.0192 -0.2238)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.225 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8531, 11.6708, 73.1959)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.25

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4949E2 #E2E249

analogous

#4995E2 #4949E2 #9549E2

triadic

#4949E2 #E24949 #49E249

tetradic

#4949E2 #E24995 #E2E249 #49E295

square

#4949E2 #E24995 #E2E249 #49E295

split-complementary

#4949E2 #E29549 #95E249

monochromatic

#181898 #2121CD #4949E2 #7E7EEA #B3B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#4949E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#4949E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4949E2

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4949E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4949E2	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4949e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.225 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7dec',
    500: '#4949e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4949e2;
$custom-light: #8f7dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4949e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5084,
    "c": 0.2246,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4949E2

secondary

#E2E2A5

accent

#EF39EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4949E2

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

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