#4959C8#4959C8

#4959C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.172 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4959C8
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(232, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(232, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.35, 28.76, -59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.35, 66.38, 295.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.008 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.172 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7419, 12.7299, 56.2072)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4959C8 #C8B849

analogous

#4998C8 #4959C8 #7849C8

triadic

#4959C8 #C84959 #59C849

tetradic

#4959C8 #C84998 #C8B849 #49C878

square

#4959C8 #C84998 #C8B849 #49C878

split-complementary

#4959C8 #C87849 #98C849

monochromatic

#232D74 #313FA3 #4959C8 #7884D6 #A7AFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#4959C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#4959C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4959C8

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4959C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4959C8	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4959c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.172 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8987d9',
    500: '#4959c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4959c8;
$custom-light: #8987d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4959c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.441,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51419,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4959C8

secondary

#D2CB9B

accent

#CB4BDD

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4959C8

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

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