#4E70B2#4E70B2

#4E70B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.111 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70B2
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 178)
HSL	hsl(220, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(220, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 37.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 7.74, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 39.54, 281.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55% -0.0142 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.111 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9692, 16.4211, 44.3862)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70B2 #B2904E

analogous

#4EA2B2 #4E70B2 #5E4EB2

triadic

#4E70B2 #B24E70 #70B24E

tetradic

#4E70B2 #B24EA2 #B2904E #4EB25E

square

#4E70B2 #B24EA2 #B2904E #4EB25E

split-complementary

#4E70B2 #B25E4E #A2B24E

monochromatic

#293A5D #3B5588 #4E70B2 #7992C5 #A3B5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#4E70B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#4E70B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70B2

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70B2	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5576B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C7F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.111 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8798c9',
    500: '#4e70b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70b2;
$custom-light: #8798c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.6,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55004,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70B2

secondary

#C4B598

accent

#A759CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70B2

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

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