#4953D9#4953D9

#4953D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.202 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4953D9
RGB	rgb(73, 83, 217)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(236, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 38.30, -69.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 79.71, 298.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.0129 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.202 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3611, 12.6111, 67.0987)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4953D9 #D9CF49

analogous

#499BD9 #4953D9 #8749D9

triadic

#4953D9 #D94953 #53D949

tetradic

#4953D9 #D9499B #D9CF49 #49D987

square

#4953D9 #D9499B #D9CF49 #49D987

split-complementary

#4953D9 #D98749 #9BD949

monochromatic

#1D258B #2832BD #4953D9 #7C83E4 #AEB3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#4953D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#4953D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4953D9

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4953D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4953D9	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00758E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4953d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 83, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.202 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c83e6',
    500: '#4953d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4953d9;
$custom-light: #8c83e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4953d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51688,
    "c": 0.20198,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4953D9

secondary

#DCD8A2

accent

#DD3FE8

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4953D9

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

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