#4959C7#4959C7

#4959C7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.171 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4959C7
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 199)
HSL	hsl(232, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(232, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 55.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 28.41, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 65.81, 295.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.0079 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.171 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6254, 12.6833, 55.5938)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4959C7 #C7B749

analogous

#4998C7 #4959C7 #7849C7

triadic

#4959C7 #C74959 #59C749

tetradic

#4959C7 #C74998 #C7B749 #49C778

square

#4959C7 #C74998 #C7B749 #49C778

split-complementary

#4959C7 #C77849 #98C749

monochromatic

#232D72 #3240A1 #4959C7 #7884D5 #A7AEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#4959C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#4959C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4959C7

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4959C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4959C7	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4959c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.171 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8987d9',
    500: '#4959c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4959c7;
$custom-light: #8987d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4959c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.381,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51343,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4959C7

secondary

#D1CA9B

accent

#CA4BDC

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4959C7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →