#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
RGB	rgb(73, 80, 216)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(237, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 63%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 39.80, -70.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 81.05, 299.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.0153 -0.2037)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.204 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0069, 12.1100, 66.3410)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##4950D8	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4950D8

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

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