#4956DD#4956DD

#4956DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.204 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956DD
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(235, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(235, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 37.82, -70.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 80.01, 298.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.0105 -0.2033)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.204 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1222, 13.2907, 69.9502)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956DD #DDD049

analogous

#49A0DD #4956DD #8649DD

triadic

#4956DD #DD4956 #56DD49

tetradic

#4956DD #DD49A0 #DDD049 #49DD86

square

#4956DD #DD49A0 #DDD049 #49DD86

split-complementary

#4956DD #DD8649 #A0DD49

monochromatic

#1B2591 #2533C4 #4956DD #7D86E7 #B0B6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#4956DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#4956DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956DD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956DD	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.204 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d85e9',
    500: '#4956dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956dd;
$custom-light: #8d85e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.73,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52543,
    "c": 0.2036,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956DD

secondary

#DFD9A3

accent

#DC3CEB

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956DD

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

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