#4A70BE#4A70BE

#4A70BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.129 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A70BE
RGB	rgb(74, 112, 190)
HSL	hsl(220, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(220, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 41.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 10.97, -45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 46.37, 283.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% -0.0152 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.129 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9093, 16.7603, 50.9965)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A70BE #BE984A

analogous

#4AAABE #4A70BE #5E4ABE

triadic

#4A70BE #BE4A70 #70BE4A

tetradic

#4A70BE #BE4AAA #BE984A #4ABE5E

square

#4A70BE #BE4AAA #BE984A #4ABE5E

split-complementary

#4A70BE #BE5E4A #AABE4A

monochromatic

#253B68 #365595 #4A70BE #7794CE #A4B7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#4A70BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#4A70BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A70BE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A70BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A70BE	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E78C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a70be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 112, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.129 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8798d2',
    500: '#4a70be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a70be;
$custom-light: #8798d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a70be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.345,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55494,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A70BE

secondary

#CBBB98

accent

#AB51D7

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A70BE

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

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