#4950E3#4950E3

#4950E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.218 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4950E3
RGB	rgb(73, 80, 227)
HSL	hsl(237, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 64.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, 43.47, -75.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 87.02, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.0145 -0.2177)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.218 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4768, 12.6980, 74.0827)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4950E3 #E3DC49

analogous

#499DE3 #4950E3 #8F49E3

triadic

#4950E3 #E34950 #50E349

tetradic

#4950E3 #E3499D #E3DC49 #49E38F

square

#4950E3 #E3499D #E3DC49 #49E38F

split-complementary

#4950E3 #E38F49 #9DE349

monochromatic

#181E9A #2028CF #4950E3 #7E83EB #B3B6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#4950E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#4950E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4950E3

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4950E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4950E3	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4950e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 80, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.218 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e81ed',
    500: '#4950e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4950e3;
$custom-light: #8e81ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4950e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52039,
    "c": 0.21814,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4950E3

secondary

#E2DFA6

accent

#E838F0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4950E3

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

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