#4962E6#4962E6

#4962E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.201 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4962E6
RGB	rgb(73, 98, 230)
HSL	hsl(230, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(230, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 57.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 33.48, -69.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 77.37, 295.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.0011 -0.201)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.201 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3934, 15.8629, 76.7820)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4962E6 #E6CD49

analogous

#49B0E6 #4962E6 #7F49E6

triadic

#4962E6 #E64962 #62E649

tetradic

#4962E6 #E649B0 #E6CD49 #49E67F

square

#4962E6 #E649B0 #E6CD49 #49E67F

split-complementary

#4962E6 #E67F49 #B0E649

monochromatic

#162C9F #1D3AD5 #4962E6 #7F90ED #B5BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#4962E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#4962E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4962E6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4962E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4962E6	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00839A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4962e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 98, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.201 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8eef',
    500: '#4962e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4962e6;
$custom-light: #8e8eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4962e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.446,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55424,
    "c": 0.20099,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4962E6

secondary

#E4DAA7

accent

#D435F2

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0C17

muted

#7E7D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4962E6

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

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