#4950D8#4950D8

#4950D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.204 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4950D8
RGBrgb(73, 80, 216)
HSLhsl(237, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(237, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 63%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(41.39, 39.80, -70.60)
CIE-LCHlch(41.39, 81.05, 299.41°)
OKLaboklab(51.09% 0.0153 -0.2037)
OKLCHoklch(51.09% 0.204 274.3)
XYZxyz(18.0069, 12.1100, 66.3410)
Luminance0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4950D8 #D8D149
analogous
#4998D8 #4950D8 #8A49D8
triadic
#4950D8 #D84950 #50D849
tetradic
#4950D8 #D84998 #D8D149 #49D88A
square
#4950D8 #D84998 #D8D149 #49D88A
split-complementary
#4950D8 #D88A49 #98D849
monochromatic
#1D2389 #282FBC #4950D8 #7B80E3 #AEB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14
#4950D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42
#4950D8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4950D8
6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4950D8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4950D81.006.143.426.14
#FFFFFF6.141.0021.001.00
#0000003.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.141.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0068DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005BD5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00738D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4950d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 80, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.204 274.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c81e5',
    500: '#4950d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4950d8;
$custom-light: #8c81e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4950d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.063,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51089,
    "c": 0.20423,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4950D8
secondary
#DCD9A1
accent
#DF40E8
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EEFC
border
#CCC9D5
text
#0E0A16
muted
#7E7C84

Preview Lab

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#4950D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva