#4956E9#4956E9

#4956E9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.219 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4956E9
RGB	rgb(73, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(235, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(235, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 41.87, -75.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 86.54, 298.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.0099 -0.2187)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.219 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7785, 13.9532, 78.6732)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4956E9 #E9DC49

analogous

#49A6E9 #4956E9 #8C49E9

triadic

#4956E9 #E94956 #56E949

tetradic

#4956E9 #E949A6 #E9DC49 #49E98C

square

#4956E9 #E949A6 #E9DC49 #49E98C

split-complementary

#4956E9 #E98C49 #A6E949

monochromatic

#1420A4 #1A2ADA #4956E9 #8089F0 #B6BBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#4956E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#4956E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4956E9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4956E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4956E9	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4956e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.219 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f86f1',
    500: '#4956e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4956e9;
$custom-light: #8f86f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4956e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53554,
    "c": 0.21888,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4956E9

secondary

#E6E1A8

accent

#E533F5

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4956E9

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

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