#4E70CD#4E70CD

#4E70CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.149 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70CD
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 205)
HSL	hsl(224, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 45.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 16.88, -51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 54.62, 288.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% -0.0088 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.149 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9517, 17.6141, 60.0942)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70CD #CDAB4E

analogous

#4EAFCD #4E70CD #6B4ECD

triadic

#4E70CD #CD4E70 #70CD4E

tetradic

#4E70CD #CD4EAF #CDAB4E #4ECD6B

square

#4E70CD #CD4EAF #CDAB4E #4ECD6B

split-complementary

#4E70CD #CD6B4E #AFCD4E

monochromatic

#233B7D #3152AD #4E70CD #7E97DA #ADBDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#4E70CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#4E70CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E70CD

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E70CD	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.149 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b98dd',
    500: '#4e70cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70cd;
$custom-light: #8b98dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.937,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5665,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70CD

secondary

#D6C8A1

accent

#B749DF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70CD

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

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