#4956C3#4956C3

#4956C3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.169 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956C3
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 195)
HSL	hsl(234, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(234, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 55.9%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 28.93, -58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 65.48, 296.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.0105 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.169 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9225, 12.0109, 53.0984)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956C3 #C3B649

analogous

#4993C3 #4956C3 #7949C3

triadic

#4956C3 #C34956 #56C349

tetradic

#4956C3 #C34993 #C3B649 #49C379

square

#4956C3 #C34993 #C3B649 #49C379

split-complementary

#4956C3 #C37949 #93C349

monochromatic

#242C6E #333E9C #4956C3 #7781D2 #A5ABE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#4956C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#4956C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956C3

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956C3	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.169 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8885d6',
    500: '#4956c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956c3;
$custom-light: #8885d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.607,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50468,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956C3

secondary

#CEC999

accent

#CB4EDA

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956C3

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

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