#4A70E6#4A70E6

#4A70E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.184 H 267.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A70E6
RGB	rgb(74, 112, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 24.90, -63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 68.59, 291.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.0094 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.184 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8962, 18.7551, 77.2610)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A70E6 #E6C04A

analogous

#4ABEE6 #4A70E6 #724AE6

triadic

#4A70E6 #E64A70 #70E64A

tetradic

#4A70E6 #E64ABE #E6C04A #4AE672

square

#4A70E6 #E64ABE #E6C04A #4AE672

split-complementary

#4A70E6 #E6724A #BEE64A

monochromatic

#1638A0 #1D4AD5 #4A70E6 #809AED #B6C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#4A70E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#4A70E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A70E6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A70E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A70E6	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a70e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 112, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.184 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d98ef',
    500: '#4a70e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a70e6;
$custom-light: #8d98ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a70e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.385,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58148,
    "c": 0.18383,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A70E6

secondary

#E4D5A8

accent

#C435F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A70E6

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

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