#4A50DD#4A50DD

#4A50DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.210 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A50DD
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 221)
HSL	hsl(238, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(238, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 63.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, 41.60, -72.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 83.75, 299.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% 0.016 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.21 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7395, 12.4119, 69.8008)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A50DD #DDD74A

analogous

#4A99DD #4A50DD #8D4ADD

triadic

#4A50DD #DD4A50 #50DD4A

tetradic

#4A50DD #DD4A99 #DDD74A #4ADD8D

square

#4A50DD #DD4A99 #DDD74A #4ADD8D

split-complementary

#4A50DD #DD8D4A #99DD4A

monochromatic

#1B2091 #252BC5 #4A50DD #7E82E7 #B1B4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#4A50DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#4A50DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A50DD

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A50DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A50DD	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a50dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.210 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e81e9',
    500: '#4a50dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a50dd;
$custom-light: #8e81e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a50dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.551,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51579,
    "c": 0.21035,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A50DD

secondary

#DFDCA4

accent

#E43DEB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A50DD

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

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