#4A50D8#4A50D8

#4A50D8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.204 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A50D8
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 216)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(237, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 63%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.45, 39.93, -70.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.45, 81.02, 299.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.0164 -0.2033)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.204 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0833, 12.1494, 66.3445)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A50D8 #D8D24A

analogous

#4A97D8 #4A50D8 #8B4AD8

triadic

#4A50D8 #D84A50 #50D84A

tetradic

#4A50D8 #D84A97 #D8D24A #4AD88B

square

#4A50D8 #D84A97 #D8D24A #4AD88B

split-complementary

#4A50D8 #D88B4A #97D84A

monochromatic

#1E228A #292FBC #4A50D8 #7C81E3 #AFB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#4A50D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#4A50D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A50D8

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A50D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A50D8	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a50d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.204 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d81e5',
    500: '#4a50d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a50d8;
$custom-light: #8d81e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a50d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.465,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51151,
    "c": 0.20399,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A50D8

secondary

#DCD9A2

accent

#E040E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A50D8

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

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