#4856E6#4856E6

#4856E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.215 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4856E6
RGB	rgb(72, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(235, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 40.73, -74.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 84.94, 298.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.009 -0.2152)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.215 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2784, 13.7445, 76.4318)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4856E6 #E6D848

analogous

#48A5E6 #4856E6 #8948E6

triadic

#4856E6 #E64856 #56E648

tetradic

#4856E6 #E648A5 #E6D848 #48E689

square

#4856E6 #E648A5 #E6D848 #48E689

split-complementary

#4856E6 #E68948 #A5E648

monochromatic

#16229E #1D2DD4 #4856E6 #7E88ED #B4B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#4856E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#4856E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4856E6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4856E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4856E6	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4856e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.215 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e86ef',
    500: '#4856e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4856e6;
$custom-light: #8e86ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4856e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.684,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53242,
    "c": 0.21535,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4856E6

secondary

#E4DEA6

accent

#E235F3

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4856E6

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

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