#4959E3#4959E3

#4959E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.208 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4959E3
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(234, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(234, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.38, 38.01, -71.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.38, 81.40, 297.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.008 -0.2076)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.208 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1805, 14.1054, 74.3172)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4959E3 #E3D349

analogous

#49A6E3 #4959E3 #8649E3

triadic

#4959E3 #E34959 #59E349

tetradic

#4959E3 #E349A6 #E3D349 #49E386

square

#4959E3 #E349A6 #E3D349 #49E386

split-complementary

#4959E3 #E38649 #A6E349

monochromatic

#18259A #2032CF #4959E3 #7E89EB #B3BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#4959E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#4959E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4959E3

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4959E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4959E3	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4959e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.208 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e88ed',
    500: '#4959e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4959e3;
$custom-light: #8e88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4959e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.766,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53564,
    "c": 0.20779,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4959E3

secondary

#E2DCA6

accent

#DD38F0

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4959E3

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

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