#4C50E5#4C50E5

#4C50E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.220 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C50E5
RGB	rgb(76, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(238, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(238, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, 44.50, -75.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 88.01, 300.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% 0.0176 -0.2192)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.22 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9873, 12.9291, 75.5558)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C50E5 #E5E14C

analogous

#4C9DE5 #4C50E5 #944CE5

triadic

#4C50E5 #E54C50 #50E54C

tetradic

#4C50E5 #E54C9D #E5E14C #4CE594

square

#4C50E5 #E54C9D #E5E14C #4CE594

split-complementary

#4C50E5 #E5944C #9DE54C

monochromatic

#171B9F #1F24D5 #4C50E5 #8184ED #B7B8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#4C50E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#4C50E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C50E5

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C50E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C50E5	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	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: #4c50e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.220 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9081ee',
    500: '#4c50e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c50e5;
$custom-light: #9081ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c50e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.431,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52396,
    "c": 0.21992,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C50E5

secondary

#E4E2A9

accent

#EC37F1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C50E5

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

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