#4870E5#4870E5

#4870E5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.183 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4870E5
RGB	rgb(72, 112, 229)
HSL	hsl(225, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 51.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 24.26, -63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 68.07, 290.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0112 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.183 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6046, 18.6209, 76.5165)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4870E5 #E5BD48

analogous

#48BFE5 #4870E5 #6F48E5

triadic

#4870E5 #E54870 #70E548

tetradic

#4870E5 #E548BF #E5BD48 #48E56F

square

#4870E5 #E548BF #E5BD48 #48E56F

split-complementary

#4870E5 #E56F48 #BFE548

monochromatic

#16389C #1E4CD2 #4870E5 #7E9AED #B3C4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4870E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#4870E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4870E5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4870E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4870E5	1.00	4.44	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4870e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 112, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.183 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98ee',
    500: '#4870e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4870e5;
$custom-light: #8c98ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4870e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.713,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57981,
    "c": 0.18308,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4870E5

secondary

#E3D4A6

accent

#C236F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4870E5

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

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