#4A50E9#4A50E9

#4A50E9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.225 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A50E9
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 233)
HSL	hsl(238, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, 45.57, -77.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 90.20, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(52.63% 0.015 -0.2248)
OKLCH	oklch(52.63% 0.225 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3958, 13.0744, 78.5238)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A50E9 #E9E34A

analogous

#4A9FE9 #4A50E9 #944AE9

triadic

#4A50E9 #E94A50 #50E94A

tetradic

#4A50E9 #E94A9F #E9E34A #4AE994

square

#4A50E9 #E94A9F #E9E34A #4AE994

split-complementary

#4A50E9 #E9944A #9FE94A

monochromatic

#1419A5 #1B22DB #4A50E9 #8185F0 #B7BAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#4A50E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#4A50E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A50E9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A50E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A50E9	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a50e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.225 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9082f1',
    500: '#4a50e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a50e9;
$custom-light: #9082f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a50e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.736,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52627,
    "c": 0.22535,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A50E9

secondary

#E6E4A9

accent

#D30BDB

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A50E9

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