#4E70B7#4E70B7

#4E70B7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.118 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70B7
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 183)
HSL	hsl(221, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(221, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 38.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 9.41, -41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 42.32, 282.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% -0.013 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.118 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4804, 16.6255, 47.0784)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70B7 #B7954E

analogous

#4EA5B7 #4E70B7 #604EB7

triadic

#4E70B7 #B74E70 #70B74E

tetradic

#4E70B7 #B74EA5 #B7954E #4EB760

square

#4E70B7 #B74EA5 #B7954E #4EB760

split-complementary

#4E70B7 #B7604E #A5B74E

monochromatic

#283B63 #3A558E #4E70B7 #7A93C9 #A5B6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#4E70B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#4E70B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70B7

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70B7	1.00	4.86	4.33	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5277BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.118 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8898cd',
    500: '#4e70b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70b7;
$custom-light: #8898cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.571,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55293,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70B7

secondary

#C8B999

accent

#AA56D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70B7

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

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