#4959CE#4959CE

#4959CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.180 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4959CE
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(233, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(233, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 30.82, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 69.76, 296.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.0081 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.18 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4569, 13.0159, 59.9729)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4959CE #CEBE49

analogous

#499CCE #4959CE #7C49CE

triadic

#4959CE #CE4959 #59CE49

tetradic

#4959CE #CE499C #CEBE49 #49CE7C

square

#4959CE #CE499C #CEBE49 #49CE7C

split-complementary

#4959CE #CE7C49 #9CCE49

monochromatic

#212C7B #2E3DAC #4959CE #7985DB #A9B1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#4959CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#4959CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4959CE

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4959CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4959CE	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00758B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4959ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.180 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a87de',
    500: '#4959ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4959ce;
$custom-light: #8a87de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4959ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.782,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5188,
    "c": 0.18021,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4959CE

secondary

#D5CF9D

accent

#CE47E1

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4959CE

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

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