#4C56E1#4C56E1

#4C56E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.208 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C56E1
RGB	rgb(76, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, 39.58, -71.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 82.13, 298.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.0135 -0.2075)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.208 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8944, 13.6265, 72.8013)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C56E1 #E1D74C

analogous

#4CA1E1 #4C56E1 #8D4CE1

triadic

#4C56E1 #E14C56 #56E14C

tetradic

#4C56E1 #E14CA1 #E1D74C #4CE18D

square

#4C56E1 #E14CA1 #E1D74C #4CE18D

split-complementary

#4C56E1 #E18D4C #A1E14C

monochromatic

#1A2299 #222ECD #4C56E1 #8087EA #B5B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#4C56E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#4C56E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C56E1

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C56E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C56E1	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c56e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.208 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f86eb',
    500: '#4c56e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c56e1;
$custom-light: #8f86eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c56e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.973,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53052,
    "c": 0.20799,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C56E1

secondary

#E2DEA7

accent

#E23AEE

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C56E1

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

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