#4956D9#4956D9

#4956D9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.198 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956D9
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(235, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(235, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 60.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, 36.46, -68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 77.81, 297.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.21% 0.0106 -0.1981)
OKLCH	oklch(52.21% 0.198 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5956, 13.0801, 67.1769)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956D9 #D9CC49

analogous

#499ED9 #4956D9 #8449D9

triadic

#4956D9 #D94956 #56D949

tetradic

#4956D9 #D9499E #D9CC49 #49D984

square

#4956D9 #D9499E #D9CC49 #49D984

split-complementary

#4956D9 #D98449 #9ED949

monochromatic

#1D278B #2835BD #4956D9 #7C85E4 #AEB4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#4956D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#4956D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956D9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956D9	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00778F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.198 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c85e6',
    500: '#4956d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956d9;
$custom-light: #8c85e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52213,
    "c": 0.19842,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956D9

secondary

#DCD7A2

accent

#D93FE8

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956D9

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

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