#4956D6#4956D6

#4956D6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.195 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956D6
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 214)
HSL	hsl(234, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(234, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 59.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, 35.43, -67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 76.15, 297.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.0107 -0.1942)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.195 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2090, 12.9254, 65.1406)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956D6 #D6C949

analogous

#499DD6 #4956D6 #8349D6

triadic

#4956D6 #D64956 #56D649

tetradic

#4956D6 #D6499D #D6C949 #49D683

square

#4956D6 #D6499D #D6C949 #49D683

split-complementary

#4956D6 #D68349 #9DD649

monochromatic

#1E2886 #2A37B8 #4956D6 #7B84E1 #ADB3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#4956D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#4956D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956D6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956D6	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00768E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.195 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c85e4',
    500: '#4956d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956d6;
$custom-light: #8c85e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.468,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51968,
    "c": 0.1945,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956D6

secondary

#DAD5A0

accent

#D742E6

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956D6

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

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