#4E70DE#4E70DE

#4E70DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.172 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70DE
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 49.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 22.74, -59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 64.08, 290.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.0066 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.172 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1163, 18.4799, 71.4945)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70DE #DEBC4E

analogous

#4EB8DE #4E70DE #744EDE

triadic

#4E70DE #DE4E70 #70DE4E

tetradic

#4E70DE #DE4EB8 #DEBC4E #4EDE74

square

#4E70DE #DE4EB8 #DEBC4E #4EDE74

split-complementary

#4E70DE #DE744E #B8DE4E

monochromatic

#1C3996 #264CC9 #4E70DE #829AE8 #B5C3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#4E70DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#4E70DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E70DE

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E70DE	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0371DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.172 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e98e9',
    500: '#4e70de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70de;
$custom-light: #8e98e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.833,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57787,
    "c": 0.17189,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70DE

secondary

#E0D3A8

accent

#C23CEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70DE

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

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