#4A50BE#4A50BE

#4A50BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.170 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A50BE
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 190)
HSL	hsl(237, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(237, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 57.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.43, 31.19, -58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.43, 66.52, 297.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% 0.0172 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.17 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9839, 10.9097, 50.0214)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A50BE #BEB84A

analogous

#4A8ABE #4A50BE #7E4ABE

triadic

#4A50BE #BE4A50 #50BE4A

tetradic

#4A50BE #BE4A8A #BEB84A #4ABE7E

square

#4A50BE #BE4A8A #BEB84A #4ABE7E

split-complementary

#4A50BE #BE7E4A #8ABE4A

monochromatic

#252968 #363B95 #4A50BE #777CCE #A4A7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#4A50BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#4A50BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A50BE

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A50BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A50BE	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a50be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.170 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8881d2',
    500: '#4a50be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a50be;
$custom-light: #8881d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a50be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.897,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49026,
    "c": 0.1697,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A50BE

secondary

#CBC998

accent

#D051D7

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EEFA

border

#CBC9D3

text

#0C0A14

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A50BE

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

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