#4E56E9#4E56E9

#4E56E9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.218 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E56E9
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(237, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(237, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 42.51, -75.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 86.42, 299.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.0153 -0.2171)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.218 274)
XYZ	xyz(21.1728, 14.1565, 78.6917)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E56E9 #E9E14E

analogous

#4EA3E9 #4E56E9 #934EE9

triadic

#4E56E9 #E94E56 #56E94E

tetradic

#4E56E9 #E94EA3 #E9E14E #4EE993

square

#4E56E9 #E94EA3 #E9E14E #4EE993

split-complementary

#4E56E9 #E9934E #A3E94E

monochromatic

#151CA8 #1C26DE #4E56E9 #848AF0 #BBBEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#4E56E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#4E56E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E56E9

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E56E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E56E9	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e56e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.218 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9186f1',
    500: '#4e56e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e56e9;
$custom-light: #9186f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e56e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.903,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53844,
    "c": 0.21765,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.14158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E56E9

secondary

#E7E4AC

accent

#CF0BDA

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E56E9

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

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