#4E70C2#4E70C2

#4E70C2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.133 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70C2
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 194)
HSL	hsl(222, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 13.12, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 48.46, 285.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% -0.0107 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.133 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6703, 17.1015, 53.3455)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70C2 #C2A04E

analogous

#4EAAC2 #4E70C2 #664EC2

triadic

#4E70C2 #C24E70 #70C24E

tetradic

#4E70C2 #C24EAA #C2A04E #4EC266

square

#4E70C2 #C24EAA #C2A04E #4EC266

split-complementary

#4E70C2 #C2664E #AAC24E

monochromatic

#263C6F #36549D #4E70C2 #7C95D2 #A9BAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#4E70C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#4E70C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70C2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70C2	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C79C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.133 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998d5',
    500: '#4e70c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70c2;
$custom-light: #8998d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.414,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55955,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70C2

secondary

#CFC09D

accent

#B050D8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70C2

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

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