#4966E6#4966E6

#4966E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.196 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4966E6
RGB	rgb(73, 102, 230)
HSL	hsl(229, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(229, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 55.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 30.99, -68.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 74.85, 294.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% -0.002 -0.1962)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.196 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7771, 16.6303, 76.9099)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4966E6 #E6C949

analogous

#49B5E6 #4966E6 #7B49E6

triadic

#4966E6 #E64966 #66E649

tetradic

#4966E6 #E649B5 #E6C949 #49E67B

square

#4966E6 #E649B5 #E6C949 #49E67B

split-complementary

#4966E6 #E67B49 #B5E649

monochromatic

#162F9F #1D3FD5 #4966E6 #7F93ED #B5C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#4966E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#4966E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4966E6

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4966E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4966E6	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00859C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4966e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 102, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.196 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e91ef',
    500: '#4966e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4966e6;
$custom-light: #8e91ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4966e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.917,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56169,
    "c": 0.19619,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4966E6

secondary

#E4D9A7

accent

#D035F2

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0C17

muted

#7E7D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4966E6

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

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