#4E70AC#4E70AC

#4E70AC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.102 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70AC
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 172)
HSL	hsl(218, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(218, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 34.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 5.76, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 36.22, 279.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% -0.0157 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.102 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3799, 16.1853, 41.2827)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70AC #AC8A4E

analogous

#4E9FAC #4E70AC #5B4EAC

triadic

#4E70AC #AC4E70 #70AC4E

tetradic

#4E70AC #AC4E9F #AC8A4E #4EAC5B

square

#4E70AC #AC4E9F #AC8A4E #4EAC5B

split-complementary

#4E70AC #AC5B4E #9FAC4E

monochromatic

#283958 #3B5582 #4E70AC #7691C1 #A0B3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#4E70AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#4E70AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70AC

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70AC	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5875AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#197D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.102 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8698c5',
    500: '#4e70ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70ac;
$custom-light: #8698c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.298,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54667,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70AC

secondary

#C1B195

accent

#A45ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70AC

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

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