#4A55E6#4A55E6

#4A55E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.216 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A55E6
RGB	rgb(74, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(236, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, 41.59, -74.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 85.52, 299.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.0118 -0.2157)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.216 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3507, 13.6641, 76.4125)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A55E6 #E6DB4A

analogous

#4AA3E6 #4A55E6 #8D4AE6

triadic

#4A55E6 #E64A55 #55E64A

tetradic

#4A55E6 #E64AA3 #E6DB4A #4AE68D

square

#4A55E6 #E64AA3 #E6DB4A #4AE68D

split-complementary

#4A55E6 #E68D4A #A3E64A

monochromatic

#1620A0 #1D2AD5 #4A55E6 #8088ED #B6BAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#4A55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#4A55E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A55E6

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A55E6	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.216 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f85ef',
    500: '#4a55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a55e6;
$custom-light: #8f85ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.769,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53186,
    "c": 0.21599,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A55E6

secondary

#E4E0A8

accent

#E535F2

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A55E6

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

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