#4950E6#4950E6

#4950E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.222 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4950E6
RGB	rgb(73, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(237, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 44.46, -76.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 88.63, 300.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% 0.0142 -0.2214)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.222 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8945, 12.8651, 76.2823)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4950E6 #E6DF49

analogous

#499FE6 #4950E6 #9149E6

triadic

#4950E6 #E64950 #50E649

tetradic

#4950E6 #E6499F #E6DF49 #49E691

square

#4950E6 #E6499F #E6DF49 #49E691

split-complementary

#4950E6 #E69149 #9FE649

monochromatic

#161C9F #1D25D5 #4950E6 #7F84ED #B5B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#4950E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#4950E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4950E6

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4950E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4950E6	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4950e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.222 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f81ef',
    500: '#4950e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4950e6;
$custom-light: #8f81ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4950e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.325,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52303,
    "c": 0.22188,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4950E6

secondary

#E4E1A7

accent

#EA35F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4950E6

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

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