#4955E3#4955E3

#4955E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.212 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4955E3
RGB	rgb(73, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(235, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 40.46, -73.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 83.91, 298.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.0109 -0.2122)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.212 273)
XYZ	xyz(19.8566, 13.4576, 74.2093)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4955E3 #E3D749

analogous

#49A2E3 #4955E3 #8A49E3

triadic

#4955E3 #E34955 #55E349

tetradic

#4955E3 #E349A2 #E3D749 #49E38A

square

#4955E3 #E349A2 #E3D749 #49E38A

split-complementary

#4955E3 #E38A49 #A2E349

monochromatic

#18229A #202DCF #4955E3 #7E87EB #B3B8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#4955E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#4955E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4955E3

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4955E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4955E3	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4955e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.212 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e85ed',
    500: '#4955e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4955e3;
$custom-light: #8e85ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4955e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.325,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52873,
    "c": 0.21245,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.1346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4955E3

secondary

#E2DEA6

accent

#E238F0

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4955E3

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

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