#4E56CD#4E56CD

#4E56CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.181 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56CD
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(236, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 33.16, -62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 71.04, 297.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.0162 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.181 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4855, 12.6816, 59.2721)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56CD #CDC54E

analogous

#4E96CD #4E56CD #854ECD

triadic

#4E56CD #CD4E56 #56CD4E

tetradic

#4E56CD #CD4E96 #CDC54E #4ECD85

square

#4E56CD #CD4E96 #CDC54E #4ECD85

split-complementary

#4E56CD #CD854E #96CD4E

monochromatic

#23297D #3139AD #4E56CD #7E84DA #ADB1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#4E56CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#4E56CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56CD

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56CD	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.181 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c85dd',
    500: '#4e56cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56cd;
$custom-light: #8c85dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.22,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51561,
    "c": 0.18135,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56CD

secondary

#D6D3A1

accent

#D649DF

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56CD

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

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