#4E70A2#4E70A2

#4E70A2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.088 H 257.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70A2
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 162)
HSL	hsl(216, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(216, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 30.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 2.51, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 30.77, 274.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% -0.0185 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.088 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4554, 15.8156, 36.4137)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70A2 #A2804E

analogous

#4E9AA2 #4E70A2 #564EA2

triadic

#4E70A2 #A24E70 #70A24E

tetradic

#4E70A2 #A24E9A #A2804E #4EA256

square

#4E70A2 #A24E9A #A2804E #4EA256

split-complementary

#4E70A2 #A2564E #9AA24E

monochromatic

#26374F #3A5379 #4E70A2 #7290BB #9BB0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#4E70A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#4E70A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70A2

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70A2	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C73A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#257B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.088 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8598bd',
    500: '#4e70a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70a2;
$custom-light: #8598bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.714,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5413,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70A2

secondary

#BCAA90

accent

#9E5DCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70A2

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

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