#4A4ED8#4A4ED8

#4A4ED8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.206 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4ED8
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 216)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 41.14, -71.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 82.27, 300.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.0179 -0.2055)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.206 275)
XYZ	xyz(17.9390, 11.8609, 66.2965)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4ED8 #D8D44A

analogous

#4A95D8 #4A4ED8 #8D4AD8

triadic

#4A4ED8 #D84A4E #4ED84A

tetradic

#4A4ED8 #D84A95 #D8D44A #4AD88D

square

#4A4ED8 #D84A95 #D8D44A #4AD88D

split-complementary

#4A4ED8 #D88D4A #95D84A

monochromatic

#1E218A #292DBC #4A4ED8 #7C7FE3 #AFB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#4A4ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#4A4ED8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4ED8

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4ED8	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.206 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d80e5',
    500: '#4a4ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4ed8;
$custom-light: #8d80e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.31,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50816,
    "c": 0.20631,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.11862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4ED8

secondary

#DCDAA2

accent

#E340E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4ED8

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

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