#4953D8#4953D8

#4953D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.201 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4953D8
RGB	rgb(73, 83, 216)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(236, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 61.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 37.96, -69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 79.16, 298.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% 0.013 -0.2003)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.201 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2315, 12.5592, 66.4158)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4953D8 #D8CE49

analogous

#499BD8 #4953D8 #8749D8

triadic

#4953D8 #D84953 #53D849

tetradic

#4953D8 #D8499B #D8CE49 #49D887

square

#4953D8 #D8499B #D8CE49 #49D887

split-complementary

#4953D8 #D88749 #9BD849

monochromatic

#1D2589 #2833BC #4953D8 #7B83E3 #AEB2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#4953D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#4953D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4953D8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4953D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4953D8	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00758E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4953d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 83, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.201 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c83e5',
    500: '#4953d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4953d8;
$custom-light: #8c83e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4953d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.804,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51604,
    "c": 0.2007,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4953D8

secondary

#DCD8A1

accent

#DC40E8

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4953D8

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

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