#4E70A6#4E70A6

#4E70A6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.094 H 259.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70A6
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 166)
HSL	hsl(217, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(217, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 32.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 3.80, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 32.93, 276.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% -0.0173 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.094 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8166, 15.9600, 38.3161)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70A6 #A6844E

analogous

#4E9CA6 #4E70A6 #584EA6

triadic

#4E70A6 #A64E70 #70A64E

tetradic

#4E70A6 #A64E9C #A6844E #4EA658

square

#4E70A6 #A64E9C #A6844E #4EA658

split-complementary

#4E70A6 #A6584E #9CA64E

monochromatic

#273853 #3A547C #4E70A6 #7490BE #9DB1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#4E70A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#4E70A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70A6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70A6	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B74A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#217C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.094 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8598c0',
    500: '#4e70a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70a6;
$custom-light: #8598c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.818,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54341,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70A6

secondary

#BEAD92

accent

#A15CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70A6

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

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