#4956E3#4956E3

#4956E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.211 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956E3
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(235, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.68, 39.85, -73.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.68, 83.29, 298.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.0102 -0.211)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.211 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9359, 13.6162, 74.2357)
Luminance	0.1362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956E3 #E3D649

analogous

#49A3E3 #4956E3 #8949E3

triadic

#4956E3 #E34956 #56E349

tetradic

#4956E3 #E349A3 #E3D649 #49E389

square

#4956E3 #E349A3 #E3D649 #49E389

split-complementary

#4956E3 #E38949 #A3E349

monochromatic

#18239A #202FCF #4956E3 #7E87EB #B3B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#4956E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#4956E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956E3

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956E3	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.211 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e85ed',
    500: '#4956e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956e3;
$custom-light: #8e85ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.935,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53044,
    "c": 0.21129,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956E3

secondary

#E2DDA6

accent

#E038F0

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956E3

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

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