#4A78E6#4A78E6

#4A78E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.174 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A78E6
RGB	rgb(74, 120, 230)
HSL	hsl(222, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(222, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 47.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, 19.94, -60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 63.70, 288.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0163 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.174 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8184, 20.5996, 77.5684)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A78E6 #E6B84A

analogous

#4AC6E6 #4A78E6 #6A4AE6

triadic

#4A78E6 #E64A78 #78E64A

tetradic

#4A78E6 #E64AC6 #E6B84A #4AE66A

square

#4A78E6 #E64AC6 #E6B84A #4AE66A

split-complementary

#4A78E6 #E66A4A #C6E64A

monochromatic

#163FA0 #1D54D5 #4A78E6 #80A0ED #B6C8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#4A78E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#4A78E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A78E6

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A78E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A78E6	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D85EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1377E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a78e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 120, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.174 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9eef',
    500: '#4a78e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a78e6;
$custom-light: #8d9eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a78e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.308,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59752,
    "c": 0.17423,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A78E6

secondary

#E4D2A8

accent

#BB35F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A78E6

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

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