#4E70E1#4E70E1

#4E70E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.176 H 268.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70E1
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 225)
HSL	hsl(226, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 50.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 23.78, -61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 65.75, 291.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.0063 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.176 268)
XYZ	xyz(22.5220, 18.6422, 73.6310)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70E1 #E1BF4E

analogous

#4EBAE1 #4E70E1 #754EE1

triadic

#4E70E1 #E14E70 #70E14E

tetradic

#4E70E1 #E14EBA #E1BF4E #4EE175

square

#4E70E1 #E14EBA #E1BF4E #4EE175

split-complementary

#4E70E1 #E1754E #BAE14E

monochromatic

#1A389A #234BCF #4E70E1 #829AEA #B7C5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4E70E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4E70E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E70E1

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E70E1	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.176 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e98eb',
    500: '#4e70e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70e1;
$custom-light: #8e98eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.122,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57995,
    "c": 0.17594,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.18644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70E1

secondary

#E2D5A9

accent

#C43AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70E1

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

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