#4956CE#4956CE

#4956CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.184 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956CE
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(234, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(234, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 32.70, -63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 71.69, 297.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.0107 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.184 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2123, 12.5268, 59.8914)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956CE #CEC149

analogous

#4999CE #4956CE #7E49CE

triadic

#4956CE #CE4956 #56CE49

tetradic

#4956CE #CE4999 #CEC149 #49CE7E

square

#4956CE #CE4999 #CEC149 #49CE7E

split-complementary

#4956CE #CE7E49 #99CE49

monochromatic

#212A7B #2E3AAC #4956CE #7983DB #A9B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#4956CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#4956CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956CE

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956CE	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00738A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.184 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a85de',
    500: '#4956ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956ce;
$custom-light: #8a85de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.135,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51325,
    "c": 0.18393,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956CE

secondary

#D5D09D

accent

#D247E1

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956CE

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

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