#4E70BA#4E70BA

#4E70BA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.122 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70BA
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 186)
HSL	hsl(221, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(221, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 39.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 10.41, -42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 43.99, 283.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% -0.0123 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.122 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7960, 16.7518, 48.7405)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70BA #BA984E

analogous

#4EA6BA #4E70BA #624EBA

triadic

#4E70BA #BA4E70 #70BA4E

tetradic

#4E70BA #BA4EA6 #BA984E #4EBA62

square

#4E70BA #BA4EA6 #BA984E #4EBA62

split-complementary

#4E70BA #BA624E #A6BA4E

monochromatic

#283B66 #395592 #4E70BA #7A94CB #A6B7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#4E70BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#4E70BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70BA

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70BA	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5177BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.122 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8898cf',
    500: '#4e70ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70ba;
$custom-light: #8898cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.111,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5547,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70BA

secondary

#CABB9A

accent

#AC54D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70BA

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

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