#4959E0#4959E0

#4959E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.204 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4959E0
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 224)
HSL	hsl(234, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(234, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 60.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 36.99, -70.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 79.76, 297.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.32% 0.0081 -0.2038)
OKLCH	oklch(53.32% 0.204 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7701, 13.9412, 72.1556)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4959E0 #E0D049

analogous

#49A5E0 #4959E0 #8449E0

triadic

#4959E0 #E04959 #59E049

tetradic

#4959E0 #E049A5 #E0D049 #49E084

square

#4959E0 #E049A5 #E0D049 #49E084

split-complementary

#4959E0 #E08449 #A5E049

monochromatic

#192795 #2234C9 #4959E0 #7D89E9 #B2B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#4959E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#4959E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4959E0

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4959E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4959E0	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4959e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.204 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d88eb',
    500: '#4959e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4959e0;
$custom-light: #8d88eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4959e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.642,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53317,
    "c": 0.20392,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4959E0

secondary

#E0DAA4

accent

#DB3AEE

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4959E0

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

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