#4E70B0#4E70B0

#4E70B0 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.108 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70B0
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 176)
HSL	hsl(219, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(219, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 36.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 7.08, -37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 38.43, 280.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% -0.0147 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.108 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7699, 16.3413, 43.3364)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70B0 #B08E4E

analogous

#4EA1B0 #4E70B0 #5D4EB0

triadic

#4E70B0 #B04E70 #70B04E

tetradic

#4E70B0 #B04EA1 #B08E4E #4EB05D

square

#4E70B0 #B04EA1 #B08E4E #4EB05D

split-complementary

#4E70B0 #B05D4E #A1B04E

monochromatic

#283A5B #3B5586 #4E70B0 #7892C3 #A2B4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#4E70B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#4E70B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70B0

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70B0	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5675B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#117E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.108 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8798c8',
    500: '#4e70b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70b0;
$custom-light: #8798c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.184,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54891,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70B0

secondary

#C3B497

accent

#A659CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70B0

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

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