#4B50E0#4B50E0

#4B50E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.214 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B50E0
RGB	rgb(75, 80, 224)
HSL	hsl(238, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 64.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 42.73, -73.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 85.35, 300.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% 0.0169 -0.2132)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.214 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2204, 12.6133, 71.9283)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B50E0 #E0DB4B

analogous

#4B9AE0 #4B50E0 #904BE0

triadic

#4B50E0 #E04B50 #50E04B

tetradic

#4B50E0 #E04B9A #E0DB4B #4BE090

square

#4B50E0 #E04B9A #E0DB4B #4BE090

split-complementary

#4B50E0 #E0904B #9AE04B

monochromatic

#1A1E97 #2329CB #4B50E0 #7F83E9 #B3B6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#4B50E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#4B50E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B50E0

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B50E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B50E0	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b50e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 80, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.214 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f81eb',
    500: '#4b50e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b50e0;
$custom-light: #8f81eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b50e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.987,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51899,
    "c": 0.21389,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B50E0

secondary

#E1DFA6

accent

#E73AED

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B50E0

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

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