#4E70E3#4E70E3

#4E70E3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.179 H 268.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70E3
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 227)
HSL	hsl(226, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 50.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 24.47, -62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 66.85, 291.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0061 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.179 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7964, 18.7520, 75.0763)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70E3 #E3C14E

analogous

#4EBAE3 #4E70E3 #774EE3

triadic

#4E70E3 #E34E70 #70E34E

tetradic

#4E70E3 #E34EBA #E3C14E #4EE377

square

#4E70E3 #E34EBA #E3C14E #4EE377

split-complementary

#4E70E3 #E3774E #BAE34E

monochromatic

#19379E #214AD3 #4E70E3 #839BEB #B8C5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#4E70E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#4E70E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E70E3

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E70E3	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.179 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f98ec',
    500: '#4e70e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70e3;
$custom-light: #8f98ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.309,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58134,
    "c": 0.17863,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70E3

secondary

#E3D6AA

accent

#C638EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70E3

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

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