#4A53E6#4A53E6

#4A53E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.218 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A53E6
RGB	rgb(74, 83, 230)
HSL	hsl(237, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 63.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, 42.80, -75.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 86.75, 299.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.0133 -0.2179)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.218 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1955, 13.3536, 76.3608)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A53E6 #E6DD4A

analogous

#4AA1E6 #4A53E6 #8F4AE6

triadic

#4A53E6 #E64A53 #53E64A

tetradic

#4A53E6 #E64AA1 #E6DD4A #4AE68F

square

#4A53E6 #E64AA1 #E6DD4A #4AE68F

split-complementary

#4A53E6 #E68F4A #A1E64A

monochromatic

#161EA0 #1D28D5 #4A53E6 #8086ED #B6B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#4A53E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#4A53E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A53E6

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A53E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A53E6	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a53e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 83, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.218 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f83ef',
    500: '#4a53e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a53e6;
$custom-light: #8f83ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a53e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.538,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52853,
    "c": 0.21827,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A53E6

secondary

#E4E1A8

accent

#E735F2

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A53E6

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

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