#4D74CD#4D74CD

#4D74CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.144 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D74CD
RGB	rgb(77, 116, 205)
HSL	hsl(222, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(222, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 43.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 14.21, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 52.25, 285.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% -0.0138 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.144 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3216, 18.4745, 60.2408)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D74CD #CDA64D

analogous

#4DB4CD #4D74CD #664DCD

triadic

#4D74CD #CD4D74 #74CD4D

tetradic

#4D74CD #CD4DB4 #CDA64D #4DCD66

square

#4D74CD #CD4DB4 #CDA64D #4DCD66

split-complementary

#4D74CD #CD664D #B4CD4D

monochromatic

#233E7D #3056AC #4D74CD #7D99DA #ADBFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#4D74CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#4D74CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D74CD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D74CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D74CD	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3772CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d74cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 116, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.144 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9bdd',
    500: '#4d74cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d74cd;
$custom-light: #8a9bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d74cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.719,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57436,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D74CD

secondary

#D6C5A0

accent

#B148DF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D74CD

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

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