#4E56E4#4E56E4

#4E56E4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.211 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56E4
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(237, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(237, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 40.85, -73.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 83.72, 299.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.0156 -0.2107)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.211 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4686, 13.8749, 74.9832)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56E4 #E4DC4E

analogous

#4EA1E4 #4E56E4 #914EE4

triadic

#4E56E4 #E44E56 #56E44E

tetradic

#4E56E4 #E44EA1 #E4DC4E #4EE491

square

#4E56E4 #E44EA1 #E4DC4E #4EE491

split-complementary

#4E56E4 #E4914E #A1E44E

monochromatic

#18209F #202AD4 #4E56E4 #8389EC #B8BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#4E56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#4E56E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56E4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56E4	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.211 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9086ee',
    500: '#4e56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56e4;
$custom-light: #9086ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53423,
    "c": 0.21132,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56E4

secondary

#E4E1AA

accent

#E638F0

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56E4

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

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