#4E70A3#4E70A3

#4E70A3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.089 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70A3
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 163)
HSL	hsl(216, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(216, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 31.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 2.83, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 31.31, 275.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% -0.0182 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.09 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5447, 15.8513, 36.8837)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70A3 #A3814E

analogous

#4E9BA3 #4E70A3 #564EA3

triadic

#4E70A3 #A34E70 #70A34E

tetradic

#4E70A3 #A34E9B #A3814E #4EA356

square

#4E70A3 #A34E9B #A3814E #4EA356

split-complementary

#4E70A3 #A3564E #9BA34E

monochromatic

#263750 #3A547A #4E70A3 #7290BC #9CB1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#4E70A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#4E70A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70A3

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70A3	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C73A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#247B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.089 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8598be',
    500: '#4e70a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70a3;
$custom-light: #8598be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54182,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70A3

secondary

#BCAB91

accent

#9F5CCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70A3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →