#4A70DD#4A70DD

#4A70DD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.172 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A70DD
RGB	rgb(74, 112, 221)
HSL	hsl(224, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 49.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 21.75, -59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 63.61, 289.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.0103 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.172 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6648, 18.2626, 70.7759)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A70DD #DDB74A

analogous

#4AB9DD #4A70DD #6E4ADD

triadic

#4A70DD #DD4A70 #70DD4A

tetradic

#4A70DD #DD4AB9 #DDB74A #4ADD6E

square

#4A70DD #DD4AB9 #DDB74A #4ADD6E

split-complementary

#4A70DD #DD6E4A #B9DD4A

monochromatic

#1B3A91 #254EC5 #4A70DD #7E99E7 #B1C1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#4A70DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#4A70DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A70DD

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A70DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A70DD	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a70dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 112, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.172 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98e8',
    500: '#4a70dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a70dd;
$custom-light: #8c98e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a70dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.49,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57515,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A70DD

secondary

#DFD0A4

accent

#BE3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A70DD

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

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