#4E70C4#4E70C4

#4E70C4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.136 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70C4
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 196)
HSL	hsl(223, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(223, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 42.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 13.80, -47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 49.58, 286.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% -0.0104 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.136 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8965, 17.1920, 54.5364)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70C4 #C4A24E

analogous

#4EABC4 #4E70C4 #674EC4

triadic

#4E70C4 #C44E70 #70C44E

tetradic

#4E70C4 #C44EAB #C4A24E #4EC467

square

#4E70C4 #C44EAB #C4A24E #4EC467

split-complementary

#4E70C4 #C4674E #ABC44E

monochromatic

#263C72 #3554A0 #4E70C4 #7C95D3 #AABAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#4E70C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#4E70C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70C4

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70C4	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A79C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.136 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998d6',
    500: '#4e70c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70c4;
$custom-light: #8998d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.712,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56079,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70C4

secondary

#D0C29E

accent

#B14EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70C4

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

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