#4957AE#4957AE

#4957AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.138 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4957AE
RGB	rgb(73, 87, 174)
HSL	hsl(232, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(232, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 50%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 21.11, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 52.75, 293.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.0081 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.138 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7933, 11.2878, 41.4881)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4957AE #AEA049

analogous

#4989AE #4957AE #6D49AE

triadic

#4957AE #AE4957 #57AE49

tetradic

#4957AE #AE4989 #AEA049 #49AE6D

square

#4957AE #AE4989 #AEA049 #49AE6D

split-complementary

#4957AE #AE6D49 #89AE49

monochromatic

#252C58 #374183 #4957AE #717CC3 #9CA4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#4957AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#4957AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4957AE

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4957AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4957AE	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B63B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#195AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#026B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4957ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 87, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.138 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8486c7',
    500: '#4957ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4957ae;
$custom-light: #8486c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4957ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.683,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4913,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4957AE

secondary

#C2BB91

accent

#C057D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4957AE

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

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