#4952E3#4952E3

#4952E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.216 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4952E3
RGB	rgb(73, 82, 227)
HSL	hsl(236, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 63.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 42.27, -74.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 85.78, 299.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% 0.0131 -0.2155)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.216 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6254, 12.9953, 74.1322)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4952E3 #E3DA49

analogous

#499FE3 #4952E3 #8D49E3

triadic

#4952E3 #E34952 #52E349

tetradic

#4952E3 #E3499F #E3DA49 #49E38D

square

#4952E3 #E3499F #E3DA49 #49E38D

split-complementary

#4952E3 #E38D49 #9FE349

monochromatic

#181F9A #202ACF #4952E3 #7E84EB #B3B7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#4952E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#4952E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4952E3

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4952E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4952E3	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)

#006CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4952e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 82, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.216 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e83ed',
    500: '#4952e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4952e3;
$custom-light: #8e83ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4952e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.494,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52369,
    "c": 0.21589,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4952E3

secondary

#E2DFA6

accent

#E538F0

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4952E3

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

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