#4D50E5#4D50E5

#4D50E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.220 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D50E5
RGB	rgb(77, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(239, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 44.63, -75.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 87.99, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.0188 -0.2189)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.22 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0674, 12.9704, 75.5596)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D50E5 #E5E24D

analogous

#4D9CE5 #4D50E5 #964DE5

triadic

#4D50E5 #E54D50 #50E54D

tetradic

#4D50E5 #E54D9C #E5E24D #4DE596

square

#4D50E5 #E54D9C #E5E24D #4DE596

split-complementary

#4D50E5 #E5964D #9CE54D

monochromatic

#171AA0 #1F23D6 #4D50E5 #8284ED #B8B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#4D50E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#4D50E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D50E5

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D50E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D50E5	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	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: #4d50e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.220 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9182ee',
    500: '#4d50e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d50e5;
$custom-light: #9182ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d50e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.816,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52457,
    "c": 0.21967,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D50E5

secondary

#E4E3AA

accent

#ED37F1

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D50E5

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

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