#4956C8#4956C8

#4956C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.176 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956C8
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(234, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(234, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.60, 30.65, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.60, 68.32, 296.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.0107 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.176 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4973, 12.2408, 56.1257)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956C8 #C8BB49

analogous

#4995C8 #4956C8 #7B49C8

triadic

#4956C8 #C84956 #56C849

tetradic

#4956C8 #C84995 #C8BB49 #49C87B

square

#4956C8 #C84995 #C8BB49 #49C87B

split-complementary

#4956C8 #C87B49 #95C849

monochromatic

#232B74 #313DA3 #4956C8 #7882D6 #A7ADE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#4956C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#4956C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956C8

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956C8	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.176 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8985d9',
    500: '#4956c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956c8;
$custom-light: #8985d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.858,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50854,
    "c": 0.17588,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956C8

secondary

#D2CC9B

accent

#CE4BDD

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956C8

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

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