#4E56C9#4E56C9

#4E56C9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.176 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56C9
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(236, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(236, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 57.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 31.82, -60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 68.79, 297.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.0162 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.176 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0088, 12.4910, 56.7617)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56C9 #C9C14E

analogous

#4E93C9 #4E56C9 #844EC9

triadic

#4E56C9 #C94E56 #56C94E

tetradic

#4E56C9 #C94E93 #C9C14E #4EC984

square

#4E56C9 #C94E93 #C9C14E #4EC984

split-complementary

#4E56C9 #C9844E #93C94E

monochromatic

#252A78 #333AA7 #4E56C9 #7D83D7 #ACB0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#4E56C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#4E56C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56C9

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56C9	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.176 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c85da',
    500: '#4e56c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56c9;
$custom-light: #8c85da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.098,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5125,
    "c": 0.17598,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56C9

secondary

#D3D09F

accent

#D34BDD

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56C9

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

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