#4957E6#4957E6

#4957E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.214 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4957E6
RGB	rgb(73, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(235, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 40.25, -74.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 84.29, 298.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.0094 -0.2137)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.214 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4340, 13.9441, 76.4622)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4957E6 #E6D849

analogous

#49A5E6 #4957E6 #8A49E6

triadic

#4957E6 #E64957 #57E649

tetradic

#4957E6 #E649A5 #E6D849 #49E68A

square

#4957E6 #E649A5 #E6D849 #49E68A

split-complementary

#4957E6 #E68A49 #A5E649

monochromatic

#16229F #1D2ED5 #4957E6 #7F89ED #B5BAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#4957E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#4957E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4957E6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4957E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4957E6	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4957e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.214 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f86ef',
    500: '#4957e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4957e6;
$custom-light: #8f86ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4957e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.65,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53468,
    "c": 0.21394,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4957E6

secondary

#E4DFA7

accent

#E235F2

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4957E6

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

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