#4E56E3#4E56E3

#4E56E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.210 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56E3
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(237, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(237, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 40.52, -72.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 83.18, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.0156 -0.2095)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.21 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3302, 13.8195, 74.2542)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56E3 #E3DB4E

analogous

#4EA0E3 #4E56E3 #914EE3

triadic

#4E56E3 #E34E56 #56E34E

tetradic

#4E56E3 #E34EA0 #E3DB4E #4EE391

square

#4E56E3 #E34EA0 #E3DB4E #4EE391

split-complementary

#4E56E3 #E3914E #A0E34E

monochromatic

#19209E #212BD3 #4E56E3 #8388EB #B8BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#4E56E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#4E56E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56E3

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56E3	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.210 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9086ed',
    500: '#4e56e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56e3;
$custom-light: #9086ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.779,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53339,
    "c": 0.21005,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56E3

secondary

#E3E0AA

accent

#E638EF

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56E3

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

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