#4E56DE#4E56DE

#4E56DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.204 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56DE
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 222)
HSL	hsl(237, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 38.85, -70.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 80.45, 298.88°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.0159 -0.203)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.204 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6501, 13.5475, 70.6725)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56DE #DED64E

analogous

#4E9EDE #4E56DE #8E4EDE

triadic

#4E56DE #DE4E56 #56DE4E

tetradic

#4E56DE #DE4E9E #DED64E #4EDE8E

square

#4E56DE #DE4E9E #DED64E #4EDE8E

split-complementary

#4E56DE #DE8E4E #9EDE4E

monochromatic

#1C2396 #262FC9 #4E56DE #8287E8 #B5B9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#4E56DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#4E56DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56DE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56DE	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.204 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f86e9',
    500: '#4e56de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56de;
$custom-light: #8f86e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52925,
    "c": 0.20365,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56DE

secondary

#E0DDA8

accent

#E23CEB

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56DE

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

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