#4E70B8#4E70B8

#4E70B8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.119 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70B8
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 184)
HSL	hsl(221, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(221, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 39.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 9.74, -41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 42.88, 283.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% -0.0128 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.119 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5848, 16.6673, 47.6286)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70B8 #B8964E

analogous

#4EA5B8 #4E70B8 #614EB8

triadic

#4E70B8 #B84E70 #70B84E

tetradic

#4E70B8 #B84EA5 #B8964E #4EB861

square

#4E70B8 #B84EA5 #B8964E #4EB861

split-complementary

#4E70B8 #B8614E #A5B84E

monochromatic

#283B64 #39558F #4E70B8 #7A93CA #A5B7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#4E70B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#4E70B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70B8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70B8	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5277BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.119 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8898ce',
    500: '#4e70b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70b8;
$custom-light: #8898ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.755,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55352,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70B8

secondary

#C8B99A

accent

#AA55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70B8

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

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