#4C56CE#4C56CE

#4C56CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.183 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C56CE
RGB	rgb(76, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(235, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 33.18, -63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 71.64, 297.59°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.014 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.183 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4452, 12.6468, 59.9023)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C56CE #CEC44C

analogous

#4C97CE #4C56CE #834CCE

triadic

#4C56CE #CE4C56 #56CE4C

tetradic

#4C56CE #CE4C97 #CEC44C #4CCE83

square

#4C56CE #CE4C97 #CEC44C #4CCE83

split-complementary

#4C56CE #CE834C #97CE4C

monochromatic

#22297D #2F39AD #4C56CE #7C83DB #ACB1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#4C56CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#4C56CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C56CE

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C56CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C56CE	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00738A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c56ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.183 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b85de',
    500: '#4c56ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c56ce;
$custom-light: #8b85de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c56ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51511,
    "c": 0.18318,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C56CE

secondary

#D6D2A0

accent

#D548E0

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C56CE

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

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