#4B50E5#4B50E5

#4B50E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.220 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B50E5
RGB	rgb(75, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(238, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(238, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 44.38, -76.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 88.04, 300.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% 0.0165 -0.2195)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.22 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9085, 12.8885, 75.5521)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B50E5 #E5E04B

analogous

#4B9DE5 #4B50E5 #934BE5

triadic

#4B50E5 #E54B50 #50E54B

tetradic

#4B50E5 #E54B9D #E5E04B #4BE593

square

#4B50E5 #E54B9D #E5E04B #4BE593

split-complementary

#4B50E5 #E5934B #9DE54B

monochromatic

#171B9F #1F25D4 #4B50E5 #8084ED #B6B8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#4B50E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#4B50E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B50E5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B50E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B50E5	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)

#006CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b50e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.220 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9081ee',
    500: '#4b50e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b50e5;
$custom-light: #9081ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b50e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.052,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52335,
    "c": 0.22015,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B50E5

secondary

#E4E2A8

accent

#EB36F1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B50E5

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

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