#4E70E2#4E70E2

#4E70E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.177 H 268.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70E2
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 226)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 50.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 24.12, -61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 66.30, 291.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0062 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.177 268)
XYZ	xyz(22.6588, 18.6969, 74.3515)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70E2 #E2C04E

analogous

#4EBAE2 #4E70E2 #764EE2

triadic

#4E70E2 #E24E70 #70E24E

tetradic

#4E70E2 #E24EBA #E2C04E #4EE276

square

#4E70E2 #E24EBA #E2C04E #4EE276

split-complementary

#4E70E2 #E2764E #BAE24E

monochromatic

#1A389C #224AD1 #4E70E2 #839AEB #B7C5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#4E70E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#4E70E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E70E2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E70E2	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.177 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e98ec',
    500: '#4e70e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70e2;
$custom-light: #8e98ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.216,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58064,
    "c": 0.17729,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.18699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70E2

secondary

#E3D5A9

accent

#C539EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70E2

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

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