#4A70C3#4A70C3

#4A70C3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.136 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A70C3
RGB	rgb(74, 112, 195)
HSL	hsl(221, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 42.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 12.70, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 49.15, 284.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% -0.0142 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.136 264)
XYZ	xyz(18.4651, 16.9827, 53.9241)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A70C3 #C39D4A

analogous

#4AACC3 #4A70C3 #604AC3

triadic

#4A70C3 #C34A70 #70C34A

tetradic

#4A70C3 #C34AAC #C39D4A #4AC360

square

#4A70C3 #C34AAC #C39D4A #4AC360

split-complementary

#4A70C3 #C3604A #ACC34A

monochromatic

#243C6E #34549C #4A70C3 #7894D2 #A6B9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#4A70C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#4A70C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A70C3

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A70C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A70C3	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A78C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a70c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 112, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.136 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8798d5',
    500: '#4a70c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a70c3;
$custom-light: #8798d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a70c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.157,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55803,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.16984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A70C3

secondary

#CFBE9A

accent

#AE4EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A70C3

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

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