#4A70C8#4A70C8

#4A70C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.143 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A70C8
RGB	rgb(74, 112, 200)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 44%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 14.43, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 51.93, 286.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% -0.0133 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.143 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0399, 17.2126, 56.9514)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A70C8 #C8A24A

analogous

#4AAFC8 #4A70C8 #634AC8

triadic

#4A70C8 #C84A70 #70C84A

tetradic

#4A70C8 #C84AAF #C8A24A #4AC863

square

#4A70C8 #C84AAF #C8A24A #4AC863

split-complementary

#4A70C8 #C8634A #AFC84A

monochromatic

#233C74 #3254A3 #4A70C8 #7995D6 #A8BAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#4A70C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#4A70C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A70C8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A70C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A70C8	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4779CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a70c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 112, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.143 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8898d9',
    500: '#4a70c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a70c8;
$custom-light: #8898d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a70c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.905,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56118,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A70C8

secondary

#D2C29C

accent

#B14BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A70C8

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

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