#4F46E5#4F46E5

#4F46E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.230 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F46E5
RGB	rgb(79, 70, 229)
HSL	hsl(243, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(243, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, 50.63, -79.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 93.90, 302.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.0279 -0.2284)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.23 277)
XYZ	xyz(19.5529, 11.6980, 75.3411)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F46E5 #DCE546

analogous

#468CE5 #4F46E5 #9E46E5

triadic

#4F46E5 #E54F46 #46E54F

tetradic

#4F46E5 #E5468C #DCE546 #46E59E

square

#4F46E5 #E5468C #DCE546 #46E59E

split-complementary

#4F46E5 #E59E46 #8CE546

monochromatic

#1D169B #271DD0 #4F46E5 #827CED #B5B1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#4F46E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#4F46E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F46E5

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F46E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F46E5	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f46e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 70, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.230 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#927bee',
    500: '#4f46e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f46e5;
$custom-light: #927bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f46e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.396,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51057,
    "c": 0.23006,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F46E5

secondary

#DFE3A4

accent

#F236E7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0F0917

muted

#7E7B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F46E5

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

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