#4A50ED#4A50ED

#4A50ED is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.230 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A50ED
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 237)
HSL	hsl(238, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(238, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 66.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, 46.89, -79.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 92.33, 300.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.0146 -0.2298)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.23 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9737, 13.3056, 81.5673)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A50ED #EDE74A

analogous

#4AA2ED #4A50ED #954AED

triadic

#4A50ED #ED4A50 #50ED4A

tetradic

#4A50ED #ED4AA2 #EDE74A #4AED95

square

#4A50ED #ED4AA2 #EDE74A #4AED95

split-complementary

#4A50ED #ED954A #A2ED4A

monochromatic

#1117AC #171EE3 #4A50ED #8286F3 #B9BCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#4A50ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#4A50ED on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A50ED

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A50ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A50ED	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a50ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.230 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9182f4',
    500: '#4a50ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a50ed;
$custom-light: #9182f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a50ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.791,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52983,
    "c": 0.23028,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A50ED

secondary

#E8E6AB

accent

#D607DE

background

#F9F8FF

surface

#F2EFFE

border

#CCCAD6

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A50ED

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

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