#4B56E5#4B56E5

#4B56E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.213 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B56E5
RGB	rgb(75, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(236, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 40.78, -73.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 84.33, 298.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.33% 0.0123 -0.213)
OKLCH	oklch(53.33% 0.213 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3676, 13.8067, 75.7051)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B56E5 #E5DA4B

analogous

#4BA3E5 #4B56E5 #8D4BE5

triadic

#4B56E5 #E54B56 #56E54B

tetradic

#4B56E5 #E54BA3 #E5DA4B #4BE58D

square

#4B56E5 #E54BA3 #E5DA4B #4BE58D

split-complementary

#4B56E5 #E58D4B #A3E54B

monochromatic

#17219F #1F2CD4 #4B56E5 #8088ED #B6BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#4B56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#4B56E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B56E5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B56E5	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.213 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f86ee',
    500: '#4b56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b56e5;
$custom-light: #8f86ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53328,
    "c": 0.21333,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B56E5

secondary

#E4E0A8

accent

#E436F1

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B56E5

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

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