#4E56C8#4E56C8

#4E56C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.175 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56C8
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(236, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(236, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, 31.49, -60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 68.23, 297.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% 0.0162 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.175 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8916, 12.4441, 56.1442)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56C8 #C8C04E

analogous

#4E93C8 #4E56C8 #834EC8

triadic

#4E56C8 #C84E56 #56C84E

tetradic

#4E56C8 #C84E93 #C8C04E #4EC883

square

#4E56C8 #C84E93 #C8C04E #4EC883

split-complementary

#4E56C8 #C8834E #93C84E

monochromatic

#252A77 #333BA5 #4E56C8 #7D83D7 #ABAFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#4E56C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#4E56C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56C8

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56C8	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.175 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b85d9',
    500: '#4e56c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56c8;
$custom-light: #8b85d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.066,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51173,
    "c": 0.17463,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56C8

secondary

#D3CF9F

accent

#D34CDC

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56C8

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

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