#4A70AB#4A70AB

#4A70AB is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.102 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A70AB
RGB	rgb(74, 112, 171)
HSL	hsl(216, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 4.54, -35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 35.89, 277.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0197 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.102 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9663, 15.9832, 40.7639)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A70AB #AB854A

analogous

#4AA0AB #4A70AB #544AAB

triadic

#4A70AB #AB4A70 #70AB4A

tetradic

#4A70AB #AB4AA0 #AB854A #4AAB54

square

#4A70AB #AB4AA0 #AB854A #4AAB54

split-complementary

#4A70AB #AB544A #A0AB4A

monochromatic

#253856 #385480 #4A70AB #7190C1 #9BB2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#4A70AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#4A70AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A70AB

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A70AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A70AB	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5874AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#027D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a70ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 112, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.102 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8498c4',
    500: '#4a70ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a70ab;
$custom-light: #8498c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a70ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.495,
    "s": 39.592,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54387,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A70AB

secondary

#C0AE90

accent

#A158CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A70AB

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

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