#4E70BF#4E70BF

#4E70BF is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.129 H 265.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70BF
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 191)
HSL	hsl(222, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 41.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 12.10, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 46.79, 284.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% -0.0113 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.129 265)
XYZ	xyz(18.3368, 16.9681, 51.5890)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70BF #BF9D4E

analogous

#4EA8BF #4E70BF #644EBF

triadic

#4E70BF #BF4E70 #70BF4E

tetradic

#4E70BF #BF4EA8 #BF9D4E #4EBF64

square

#4E70BF #BF4EA8 #BF9D4E #4EBF64

split-complementary

#4E70BF #BF644E #A8BF4E

monochromatic

#273C6C #375499 #4E70BF #7B94CF #A8B9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#4E70BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#4E70BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70BF

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70BF	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E78C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.129 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998d3',
    500: '#4e70bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70bf;
$custom-light: #8998d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.947,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55771,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.1697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70BF

secondary

#CDBE9C

accent

#AE51D7

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70BF

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

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