#4951CE#4951CE

#4951CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.190 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4951CE
RGB	rgb(73, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(236, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(236, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 35.82, -65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 74.90, 298.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.0149 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.19 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8270, 11.7561, 59.7630)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4951CE #CEC649

analogous

#4994CE #4951CE #8449CE

triadic

#4951CE #CE4951 #51CE49

tetradic

#4951CE #CE4994 #CEC649 #49CE84

square

#4951CE #CE4994 #CEC649 #49CE84

split-complementary

#4951CE #CE8449 #94CE49

monochromatic

#21277B #2E36AC #4951CE #797FDB #A9ADE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#4951CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#4951CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4951CE

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4951CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4951CE	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4951ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.190 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a82de',
    500: '#4951ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4951ce;
$custom-light: #8a82de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4951ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.391,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50425,
    "c": 0.19007,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4951CE

secondary

#D5D29D

accent

#D847E1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EEFB

border

#CBC9D4

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4951CE

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

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