#4955E6#4955E6

#4955E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.216 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4955E6
RGB	rgb(73, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(235, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, 41.46, -74.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 85.54, 299.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% 0.0108 -0.216)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.216 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2743, 13.6247, 76.4089)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4955E6 #E6DA49

analogous

#49A4E6 #4955E6 #8C49E6

triadic

#4955E6 #E64955 #55E649

tetradic

#4955E6 #E649A4 #E6DA49 #49E68C

square

#4955E6 #E649A4 #E6DA49 #49E68C

split-complementary

#4955E6 #E68C49 #A4E649

monochromatic

#16209F #1D2BD5 #4955E6 #7F87ED #B5BAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#4955E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#4955E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4955E6

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4955E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4955E6	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4955e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.216 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f85ef',
    500: '#4955e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4955e6;
$custom-light: #8f85ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4955e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.414,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53129,
    "c": 0.21625,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4955E6

secondary

#E4DFA7

accent

#E435F2

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4955E6

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

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