#4956E4#4956E4

#4956E4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.213 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956E4
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(235, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 40.18, -73.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 83.83, 298.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% 0.0102 -0.2123)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.213 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0743, 13.6716, 74.9647)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956E4 #E4D749

analogous

#49A4E4 #4956E4 #8A49E4

triadic

#4956E4 #E44956 #56E449

tetradic

#4956E4 #E449A4 #E4D749 #49E48A

square

#4956E4 #E449A4 #E4D749 #49E48A

split-complementary

#4956E4 #E48A49 #A4E449

monochromatic

#17229C #1F2ED1 #4956E4 #7E87EC #B4B9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#4956E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#4956E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956E4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956E4	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.213 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e86ee',
    500: '#4956e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956e4;
$custom-light: #8e86ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.968,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53129,
    "c": 0.21256,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956E4

secondary

#E3DEA6

accent

#E137F1

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956E4

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

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