#4951E6#4951E6

#4951E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.221 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4951E6
RGB	rgb(73, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(237, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 43.87, -76.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 88.01, 299.89°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.0135 -0.2203)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.221 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9682, 13.0126, 76.3069)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4951E6 #E6DE49

analogous

#499FE6 #4951E6 #9049E6

triadic

#4951E6 #E64951 #51E649

tetradic

#4951E6 #E6499F #E6DE49 #49E690

square

#4951E6 #E6499F #E6DE49 #49E690

split-complementary

#4951E6 #E69049 #9FE649

monochromatic

#161D9F #1D27D5 #4951E6 #7F84ED #B5B8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#4951E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#4951E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4951E6

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4951E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4951E6	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4951e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.221 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f82ef',
    500: '#4951e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4951e6;
$custom-light: #8f82ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4951e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.943,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52465,
    "c": 0.22076,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4951E6

secondary

#E4E1A7

accent

#E935F2

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4951E6

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

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