#4E70B5#4E70B5

#4E70B5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.115 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70B5
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 181)
HSL	hsl(220, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(220, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 38.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 8.74, -40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 41.21, 282.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% -0.0135 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.115 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2737, 16.5429, 45.9899)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70B5 #B5934E

analogous

#4EA3B5 #4E70B5 #5F4EB5

triadic

#4E70B5 #B54E70 #70B54E

tetradic

#4E70B5 #B54EA3 #B5934E #4EB55F

square

#4E70B5 #B54EA3 #B5934E #4EB55F

split-complementary

#4E70B5 #B55F4E #A3B54E

monochromatic

#283B60 #3A558B #4E70B5 #7993C7 #A4B6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4E70B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4E70B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70B5

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70B5	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5376B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#027F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.115 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8798cb',
    500: '#4e70b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70b5;
$custom-light: #8798cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.194,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55177,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70B5

secondary

#C6B799

accent

#A957D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70B5

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

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