#4959D9#4959D9

#4959D9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.195 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4959D9
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(233, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(233, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, 34.60, -67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 75.90, 297.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.0082 -0.1946)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.195 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8402, 13.5693, 67.2584)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4959D9 #D9C949

analogous

#49A1D9 #4959D9 #8149D9

triadic

#4959D9 #D94959 #59D949

tetradic

#4959D9 #D949A1 #D9C949 #49D981

square

#4959D9 #D949A1 #D9C949 #49D981

split-complementary

#4959D9 #D98149 #A1D949

monochromatic

#1D298B #2838BD #4959D9 #7C87E4 #AEB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#4959D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#4959D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4959D9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4959D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4959D9	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4959d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.195 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c87e6',
    500: '#4959d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4959d9;
$custom-light: #8c87e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4959d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52749,
    "c": 0.19481,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4959D9

secondary

#DCD6A2

accent

#D63FE8

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4959D9

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

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