#4952E6#4952E6

#4952E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.220 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4952E6
RGB	rgb(73, 82, 230)
HSL	hsl(237, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 43.27, -75.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 87.40, 299.68°)
OKLab	oklab(52.63% 0.0129 -0.2193)
OKLCH	oklch(52.63% 0.22 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0431, 13.1623, 76.3319)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4952E6 #E6DD49

analogous

#49A0E6 #4952E6 #8F49E6

triadic

#4952E6 #E64952 #52E649

tetradic

#4952E6 #E649A0 #E6DD49 #49E68F

square

#4952E6 #E649A0 #E6DD49 #49E68F

split-complementary

#4952E6 #E68F49 #A0E649

monochromatic

#161E9F #1D28D5 #4952E6 #7F85ED #B5B8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#4952E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#4952E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4952E6

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4952E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4952E6	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4952e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 82, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.220 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f83ef',
    500: '#4952e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4952e6;
$custom-light: #8f83ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4952e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.561,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52629,
    "c": 0.21965,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4952E6

secondary

#E4E0A7

accent

#E835F2

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4952E6

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

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