#4E70B4#4E70B4

#4E70B4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.113 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70B4
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 180)
HSL	hsl(220, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(220, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 37.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 8.41, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 40.65, 281.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% -0.0137 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.113 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1715, 16.5020, 45.4515)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70B4 #B4924E

analogous

#4EA3B4 #4E70B4 #5F4EB4

triadic

#4E70B4 #B44E70 #70B44E

tetradic

#4E70B4 #B44EA3 #B4924E #4EB45F

square

#4E70B4 #B44EA3 #B4924E #4EB45F

split-complementary

#4E70B4 #B45F4E #A3B44E

monochromatic

#283B5F #3B558A #4E70B4 #7993C6 #A4B5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#4E70B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#4E70B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70B4

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70B4	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5476B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#057F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.113 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8798cb',
    500: '#4e70b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70b4;
$custom-light: #8798cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55119,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70B4

secondary

#C6B698

accent

#A857D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70B4

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

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