#4E56A5#4E56A5

#4E56A5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.125 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56A5
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 165)
HSL	hsl(234, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(234, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 47.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 19.81, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 48.05, 294.35°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% 0.0138 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.125 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2591, 10.9911, 37.0128)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56A5 #A59D4E

analogous

#4E81A5 #4E56A5 #724EA5

triadic

#4E56A5 #A54E56 #56A54E

tetradic

#4E56A5 #A54E81 #A59D4E #4EA572

square

#4E56A5 #A54E81 #A59D4E #4EA572

split-complementary

#4E56A5 #A5724E #81A54E

monochromatic

#272B52 #3A407B #4E56A5 #737ABD #9DA2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#4E56A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#4E56A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56A5

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56A5	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3261A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#295AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#286775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.125 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8685c0',
    500: '#4e56a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56a5;
$custom-light: #8685c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.483,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48661,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56A5

secondary

#BDB991

accent

#C25CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF7

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56A5

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

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