#4953E3#4953E3

#4953E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.215 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4953E3
RGB	rgb(73, 83, 227)
HSL	hsl(236, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 63.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 41.67, -74.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 85.16, 299.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.0124 -0.2144)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.215 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7014, 13.1472, 74.1575)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4953E3 #E3D949

analogous

#49A0E3 #4953E3 #8C49E3

triadic

#4953E3 #E34953 #53E349

tetradic

#4953E3 #E349A0 #E3D949 #49E38C

square

#4953E3 #E349A0 #E3D949 #49E38C

split-complementary

#4953E3 #E38C49 #A0E349

monochromatic

#18209A #202BCF #4953E3 #7E85EB #B3B7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#4953E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#4953E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4953E3

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4953E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4953E3	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4953e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 83, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.215 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e83ed',
    500: '#4953e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4953e3;
$custom-light: #8e83ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4953e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.104,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52536,
    "c": 0.21475,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4953E3

secondary

#E2DEA6

accent

#E438F0

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4953E3

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

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