#4E56B4#4E56B4

#4E56B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.147 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56B4
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 180)
HSL	hsl(235, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(235, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 52.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 24.78, -51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 56.80, 295.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.0154 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.147 276)
XYZ	xyz(14.7052, 11.5695, 44.6294)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56B4 #B4AC4E

analogous

#4E89B4 #4E56B4 #794EB4

triadic

#4E56B4 #B44E56 #56B44E

tetradic

#4E56B4 #B44E89 #B4AC4E #4EB479

square

#4E56B4 #B44E89 #B4AC4E #4EB479

split-complementary

#4E56B4 #B4794E #89B44E

monochromatic

#282D5F #3B418A #4E56B4 #797FC6 #A4A8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#4E56B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#4E56B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56B4

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56B4	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2264B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D5BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#146B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.147 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8885cb',
    500: '#4e56b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56b4;
$custom-light: #8885cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.294,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49692,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.11571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56B4

secondary

#C6C298

accent

#C757D0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56B4

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

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