#4E70C8#4E70C8

#4E70C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.142 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70C8
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 200)
HSL	hsl(223, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(223, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 44%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 15.16, -49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 51.82, 287.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.0096 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.142 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3578, 17.3765, 56.9663)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70C8 #C8A64E

analogous

#4EADC8 #4E70C8 #694EC8

triadic

#4E70C8 #C84E70 #70C84E

tetradic

#4E70C8 #C84EAD #C8A64E #4EC869

square

#4E70C8 #C84EAD #C8A64E #4EC869

split-complementary

#4E70C8 #C8694E #ADC84E

monochromatic

#253C77 #3353A5 #4E70C8 #7D96D7 #ABBBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#4E70C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#4E70C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70C8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70C8	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.142 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a98d9',
    500: '#4e70c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70c8;
$custom-light: #8a98d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.279,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5633,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70C8

secondary

#D3C49F

accent

#B44CDC

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70C8

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

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