#4A55E5#4A55E5

#4A55E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.215 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A55E5
RGB	rgb(74, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(236, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.67, 41.26, -74.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.67, 84.97, 299.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.0119 -0.2144)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.215 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2107, 13.6081, 75.6751)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A55E5 #E5DA4A

analogous

#4AA3E5 #4A55E5 #8D4AE5

triadic

#4A55E5 #E54A55 #55E54A

tetradic

#4A55E5 #E54AA3 #E5DA4A #4AE58D

square

#4A55E5 #E54AA3 #E5DA4A #4AE58D

split-complementary

#4A55E5 #E58D4A #A3E54A

monochromatic

#17209E #1E2BD3 #4A55E5 #8087ED #B5BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#4A55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#4A55E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A55E5

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A55E5	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.215 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f85ee',
    500: '#4a55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a55e5;
$custom-light: #8f85ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.742,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53101,
    "c": 0.21473,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A55E5

secondary

#E4DFA7

accent

#E436F1

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A55E5

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