#4C50E0#4C50E0

#4C50E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.214 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C50E0
RGB	rgb(76, 80, 224)
HSL	hsl(238, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 64.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 42.86, -73.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 85.32, 300.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.0181 -0.2129)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.214 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2993, 12.6539, 71.9320)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C50E0 #E0DC4C

analogous

#4C9AE0 #4C50E0 #924CE0

triadic

#4C50E0 #E04C50 #50E04C

tetradic

#4C50E0 #E04C9A #E0DC4C #4CE092

square

#4C50E0 #E04C9A #E0DC4C #4CE092

split-complementary

#4C50E0 #E0924C #9AE04C

monochromatic

#1A1E97 #2328CC #4C50E0 #8083E9 #B4B6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#4C50E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#4C50E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C50E0

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C50E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C50E0	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	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: #4c50e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 80, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.214 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f81eb',
    500: '#4c50e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c50e0;
$custom-light: #8f81eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c50e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.378,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51961,
    "c": 0.21365,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C50E0

secondary

#E1DFA7

accent

#E83BED

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C50E0

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

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