#4A50DE#4A50DE

#4A50DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.212 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A50DE
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 222)
HSL	hsl(238, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(238, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 64%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 41.93, -73.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 84.29, 299.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.016 -0.211)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.212 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8731, 12.4654, 70.5045)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A50DE #DED84A

analogous

#4A9ADE #4A50DE #8E4ADE

triadic

#4A50DE #DE4A50 #50DE4A

tetradic

#4A50DE #DE4A9A #DED84A #4ADE8E

square

#4A50DE #DE4A9A #DED84A #4ADE8E

split-complementary

#4A50DE #DE8E4A #9ADE4A

monochromatic

#1B2093 #242BC7 #4A50DE #7E82E7 #B2B4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#4A50DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#4A50DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A50DE

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A50DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A50DE	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a50de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.212 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e81e9',
    500: '#4a50de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a50de;
$custom-light: #8e81e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a50de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.568,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51665,
    "c": 0.21161,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A50DE

secondary

#DFDDA4

accent

#E53CEC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A50DE

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

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