#4956D5#4956D5

#4956D5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.193 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956D5
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(234, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(234, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 35.09, -66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 75.59, 297.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.0107 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.193 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0817, 12.8745, 64.4700)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956D5 #D5C849

analogous

#499CD5 #4956D5 #8249D5

triadic

#4956D5 #D54956 #56D549

tetradic

#4956D5 #D5499C #D5C849 #49D582

square

#4956D5 #D5499C #D5C849 #49D582

split-complementary

#4956D5 #D58249 #9CD549

monochromatic

#1F2885 #2A37B7 #4956D5 #7B84E0 #ACB2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#4956D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#4956D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956D5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956D5	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00768D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.193 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b85e3',
    500: '#4956d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956d5;
$custom-light: #8b85e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51886,
    "c": 0.19319,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956D5

secondary

#DAD4A0

accent

#D642E6

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956D5

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

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