#4A52E5#4A52E5

#4A52E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.218 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A52E5
RGB	rgb(74, 82, 229)
HSL	hsl(237, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 64.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 43.06, -75.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 86.83, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.6% 0.014 -0.2177)
OKLCH	oklch(52.6% 0.218 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9795, 13.1457, 75.5980)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A52E5 #E5DD4A

analogous

#4AA0E5 #4A52E5 #904AE5

triadic

#4A52E5 #E54A52 #52E54A

tetradic

#4A52E5 #E54AA0 #E5DD4A #4AE590

square

#4A52E5 #E54AA0 #E5DD4A #4AE590

split-complementary

#4A52E5 #E5904A #A0E54A

monochromatic

#171E9E #1E28D3 #4A52E5 #8085ED #B5B8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#4A52E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#4A52E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A52E5

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A52E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A52E5	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a52e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 82, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.218 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f83ee',
    500: '#4a52e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a52e5;
$custom-light: #8f83ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a52e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.903,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52601,
    "c": 0.21815,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A52E5

secondary

#E4E0A7

accent

#E836F1

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A52E5

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

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