#4E56BE#4E56BE

#4E56BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.161 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56BE
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 190)
HSL	hsl(236, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(236, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 54.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 28.13, -55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 62.55, 296.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% 0.0159 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.161 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7609, 11.9918, 50.1893)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56BE #BEB64E

analogous

#4E8EBE #4E56BE #7E4EBE

triadic

#4E56BE #BE4E56 #56BE4E

tetradic

#4E56BE #BE4E8E #BEB64E #4EBE7E

square

#4E56BE #BE4E8E #BEB64E #4EBE7E

split-complementary

#4E56BE #BE7E4E #8EBE4E

monochromatic

#272C6A #383E97 #4E56BE #7B81CE #A8ABDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#4E56BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#4E56BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56BE

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56BE	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D66C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.161 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a85d2',
    500: '#4e56be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56be;
$custom-light: #8a85d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50418,
    "c": 0.16096,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56BE

secondary

#CCC99C

accent

#CC52D6

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0D0B14

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56BE

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

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