#4956E6#4956E6

#4956E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.215 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956E6
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(235, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 40.86, -74.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 84.91, 298.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.0101 -0.2149)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.215 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3536, 13.7833, 76.4354)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956E6 #E6D949

analogous

#49A5E6 #4956E6 #8B49E6

triadic

#4956E6 #E64956 #56E649

tetradic

#4956E6 #E649A5 #E6D949 #49E68B

square

#4956E6 #E649A5 #E6D949 #49E68B

split-complementary

#4956E6 #E68B49 #A5E649

monochromatic

#16219F #1D2CD5 #4956E6 #7F88ED #B5BAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#4956E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#4956E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956E6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956E6	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.215 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f86ef',
    500: '#4956e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956e6;
$custom-light: #8f86ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.032,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53298,
    "c": 0.2151,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956E6

secondary

#E4DFA7

accent

#E335F2

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956E6

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

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