#4A50D6#4A50D6

#4A50D6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.201 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A50D6
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 214)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(237, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 39.27, -69.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 79.93, 299.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.0165 -0.2007)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.201 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8263, 12.0466, 64.9911)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A50D6 #D6D04A

analogous

#4A96D6 #4A50D6 #8A4AD6

triadic

#4A50D6 #D64A50 #50D64A

tetradic

#4A50D6 #D64A96 #D6D04A #4AD68A

square

#4A50D6 #D64A96 #D6D04A #4AD68A

split-complementary

#4A50D6 #D68A4A #96D64A

monochromatic

#1F2387 #2A30B9 #4A50D6 #7C80E1 #AEB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#4A50D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#4A50D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A50D6

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A50D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A50D6	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a50d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.201 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c81e4',
    500: '#4a50d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a50d6;
$custom-light: #8c81e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a50d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.429,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50982,
    "c": 0.20142,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A50D6

secondary

#DBD8A1

accent

#DF42E6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A50D6

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

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