#4A50E2#4A50E2

#4A50E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.217 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A50E2
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 43.26, -74.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 86.45, 300.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% 0.0157 -0.2161)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.217 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4156, 12.6824, 73.3615)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A50E2 #E2DC4A

analogous

#4A9CE2 #4A50E2 #904AE2

triadic

#4A50E2 #E24A50 #50E24A

tetradic

#4A50E2 #E24A9C #E2DC4A #4AE290

square

#4A50E2 #E24A9C #E2DC4A #4AE290

split-complementary

#4A50E2 #E2904A #9CE24A

monochromatic

#191E99 #2128CE #4A50E2 #7F83EA #B3B6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#4A50E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#4A50E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A50E2

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A50E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A50E2	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a50e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.217 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f81ec',
    500: '#4a50e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a50e2;
$custom-light: #8f81ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a50e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.632,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52012,
    "c": 0.21665,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A50E2

secondary

#E2DFA6

accent

#E839EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A50E2

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

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