#4C50E1#4C50E1

#4C50E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.215 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C50E1
RGB	rgb(76, 80, 225)
HSL	hsl(238, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 64.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 43.19, -74.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 85.86, 300.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% 0.018 -0.2142)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.215 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4353, 12.7083, 72.6483)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C50E1 #E1DD4C

analogous

#4C9BE1 #4C50E1 #934CE1

triadic

#4C50E1 #E14C50 #50E14C

tetradic

#4C50E1 #E14C9B #E1DD4C #4CE193

square

#4C50E1 #E14C9B #E1DD4C #4CE193

split-complementary

#4C50E1 #E1934C #9BE14C

monochromatic

#1A1D99 #2227CD #4C50E1 #8083EA #B5B6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#4C50E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#4C50E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C50E1

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C50E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C50E1	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c50e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 80, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.215 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f81ec',
    500: '#4c50e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c50e1;
$custom-light: #8f81ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c50e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.389,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52048,
    "c": 0.21491,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C50E1

secondary

#E2E0A7

accent

#E93AEE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C50E1

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

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