#4A5BC3#4A5BC3

#4A5BC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.162 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A5BC3
RGB	rgb(74, 91, 195)
HSL	hsl(232, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(232, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 53.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.58, 25.94, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.58, 62.23, 294.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.0069 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.162 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4122, 12.8768, 53.2398)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A5BC3 #C3B24A

analogous

#4A98C3 #4A5BC3 #754AC3

triadic

#4A5BC3 #C34A5B #5BC34A

tetradic

#4A5BC3 #C34A98 #C3B24A #4AC375

square

#4A5BC3 #C34A98 #C3B24A #4AC375

split-complementary

#4A5BC3 #C3754A #98C34A

monochromatic

#242F6E #34429C #4A5BC3 #7885D2 #A6AEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#4A5BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#4A5BC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A5BC3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A5BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A5BC3	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#176AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a5bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 91, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.162 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8889d6',
    500: '#4a5bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a5bc3;
$custom-light: #8889d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a5bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.57,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51491,
    "c": 0.16243,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A5BC3

secondary

#CFC79A

accent

#C64EDA

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0F0FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A5BC3

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

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