#4E56E1#4E56E1

#4E56E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.207 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56E1
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(237, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 39.85, -71.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 82.09, 299.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% 0.0157 -0.2069)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.208 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0558, 13.7097, 72.8089)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56E1 #E1D94E

analogous

#4E9FE1 #4E56E1 #904EE1

triadic

#4E56E1 #E14E56 #56E14E

tetradic

#4E56E1 #E14E9F #E1D94E #4EE190

square

#4E56E1 #E14E9F #E1D94E #4EE190

split-complementary

#4E56E1 #E1904E #9FE14E

monochromatic

#1A219A #232CCF #4E56E1 #8288EA #B7BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#4E56E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#4E56E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56E1

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56E1	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.207 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9086eb',
    500: '#4e56e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56e1;
$custom-light: #9086eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.735,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53173,
    "c": 0.2075,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56E1

secondary

#E2DFA9

accent

#E43AEE

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56E1

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

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