#4D74CE#4D74CE

#4D74CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.145 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D74CE
RGB	rgb(77, 116, 206)
HSL	hsl(222, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 43.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 14.55, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 52.80, 286.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.0136 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.145 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4427, 18.5230, 60.8785)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D74CE #CEA74D

analogous

#4DB5CE #4D74CE #664DCE

triadic

#4D74CE #CE4D74 #74CE4D

tetradic

#4D74CE #CE4DB5 #CEA74D #4DCE66

square

#4D74CE #CE4DB5 #CEA74D #4DCE66

split-complementary

#4D74CE #CE664D #B5CE4D

monochromatic

#233E7E #3056AE #4D74CE #7D99DB #ADBFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#4D74CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#4D74CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D74CE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D74CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D74CE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3672CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d74ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 116, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.145 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9bdd',
    500: '#4d74ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d74ce;
$custom-light: #8a9bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d74ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.86,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57499,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D74CE

secondary

#D6C6A1

accent

#B248E0

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D74CE

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

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