#4E56BC#4E56BC

#4E56BC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.158 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56BC
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 188)
HSL	hsl(236, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(236, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 54.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, 27.46, -54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 61.41, 296.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% 0.0159 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.158 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5438, 11.9050, 49.0460)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56BC #BCB44E

analogous

#4E8DBC #4E56BC #7D4EBC

triadic

#4E56BC #BC4E56 #56BC4E

tetradic

#4E56BC #BC4E8D #BCB44E #4EBC7D

square

#4E56BC #BC4E8D #BCB44E #4EBC7D

split-complementary

#4E56BC #BC7D4E #8DBC4E

monochromatic

#272C68 #383F95 #4E56BC #7A80CD #A7ABDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#4E56BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#4E56BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56BC

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56BC	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1366C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.158 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8985d1',
    500: '#4e56bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56bc;
$custom-light: #8985d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50271,
    "c": 0.1582,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56BC

secondary

#CBC79B

accent

#CB53D5

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56BC

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

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