#4951D8#4951D8

#4951D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.203 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4951D8
RGB	rgb(73, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(237, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 39.19, -70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 80.42, 299.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.0145 -0.2025)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.203 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0806, 12.2576, 66.3655)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4951D8 #D8D049

analogous

#4999D8 #4951D8 #8949D8

triadic

#4951D8 #D84951 #51D849

tetradic

#4951D8 #D84999 #D8D049 #49D889

square

#4951D8 #D84999 #D8D049 #49D889

split-complementary

#4951D8 #D88949 #99D849

monochromatic

#1D2389 #2830BC #4951D8 #7B81E3 #AEB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#4951D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#4951D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4951D8

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4951D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4951D8	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4951d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.203 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c82e5',
    500: '#4951d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4951d8;
$custom-light: #8c82e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4951d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.643,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5126,
    "c": 0.20306,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4951D8

secondary

#DCD8A1

accent

#DE40E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4951D8

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

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