#4E70AA#4E70AA

#4E70AA is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.099 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70AA
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 170)
HSL	hsl(218, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(218, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 5.10, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 35.12, 278.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% -0.0162 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.099 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1893, 16.1091, 40.2787)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70AA #AA884E

analogous

#4E9EAA #4E70AA #5A4EAA

triadic

#4E70AA #AA4E70 #70AA4E

tetradic

#4E70AA #AA4E9E #AA884E #4EAA5A

square

#4E70AA #AA4E9E #AA884E #4EAA5A

split-complementary

#4E70AA #AA5A4E #9EAA4E

monochromatic

#283956 #3B5480 #4E70AA #7591C0 #9FB2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#4E70AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#4E70AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70AA

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70AA	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5974AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C7D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.099 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8698c3',
    500: '#4e70aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70aa;
$custom-light: #8698c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54557,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70AA

secondary

#C0B094

accent

#A35BCD

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70AA

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

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