#4E70BE#4E70BE

#4E70BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.128 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70BE
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 190)
HSL	hsl(222, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 41.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 11.76, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 46.23, 284.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% -0.0115 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.128 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2271, 16.9242, 51.0114)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70BE #BE9C4E

analogous

#4EA8BE #4E70BE #644EBE

triadic

#4E70BE #BE4E70 #70BE4E

tetradic

#4E70BE #BE4EA8 #BE9C4E #4EBE64

square

#4E70BE #BE4EA8 #BE9C4E #4EBE64

split-complementary

#4E70BE #BE644E #A8BE4E

monochromatic

#273C6A #385597 #4E70BE #7B94CE #A8B8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#4E70BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#4E70BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70BE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70BE	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E78C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.128 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998d2',
    500: '#4e70be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70be;
$custom-light: #8998d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.786,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5571,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70BE

secondary

#CCBD9C

accent

#AE52D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70BE

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

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