#4A50E0#4A50E0

#4A50E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.214 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A50E0
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 224)
HSL	hsl(238, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(238, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 64.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 42.60, -73.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 85.37, 299.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.0158 -0.2135)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.214 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1428, 12.5732, 71.9246)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A50E0 #E0DA4A

analogous

#4A9BE0 #4A50E0 #8F4AE0

triadic

#4A50E0 #E04A50 #50E04A

tetradic

#4A50E0 #E04A9B #E0DA4A #4AE08F

square

#4A50E0 #E04A9B #E0DA4A #4AE08F

split-complementary

#4A50E0 #E08F4A #9BE04A

monochromatic

#1A1F96 #2329CA #4A50E0 #7E83E9 #B3B5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#4A50E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#4A50E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A50E0

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A50E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A50E0	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a50e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.214 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e81eb',
    500: '#4a50e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a50e0;
$custom-light: #8e81eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a50e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51838,
    "c": 0.21413,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A50E0

secondary

#E1DEA5

accent

#E63AEE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A50E0

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

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