#4E70AD#4E70AD

#4E70AD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.104 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70AD
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 173)
HSL	hsl(219, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(219, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 35.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 6.09, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 36.77, 279.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% -0.0154 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.104 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4763, 16.2239, 41.7903)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70AD #AD8B4E

analogous

#4EA0AD #4E70AD #5B4EAD

triadic

#4E70AD #AD4E70 #70AD4E

tetradic

#4E70AD #AD4EA0 #AD8B4E #4EAD5B

square

#4E70AD #AD4EA0 #AD8B4E #4EAD5B

split-complementary

#4E70AD #AD5B4E #A0AD4E

monochromatic

#283959 #3B5583 #4E70AD #7791C2 #A1B3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#4E70AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#4E70AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70AD

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70AD	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5875B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#177D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.104 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8698c6',
    500: '#4e70ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70ad;
$custom-light: #8698c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.526,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54722,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70AD

secondary

#C2B295

accent

#A45ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70AD

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

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