#4959C6#4959C6

#4959C6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.169 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4959C6
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 198)
HSL	hsl(232, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(232, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 55.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 28.07, -58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 65.25, 295.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0079 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.169 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5097, 12.6370, 54.9843)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4959C6 #C6B649

analogous

#4997C6 #4959C6 #7749C6

triadic

#4959C6 #C64959 #59C649

tetradic

#4959C6 #C64997 #C6B649 #49C677

square

#4959C6 #C64997 #C6B649 #49C677

split-complementary

#4959C6 #C67749 #97C649

monochromatic

#232D71 #3240A0 #4959C6 #7884D5 #A6AEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#4959C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#4959C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4959C6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4959C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4959C6	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4959c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.169 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8887d8',
    500: '#4959c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4959c6;
$custom-light: #8887d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4959c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.32,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51268,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4959C6

secondary

#D0C99A

accent

#C94CDC

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4959C6

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

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