#4E70E4#4E70E4

#4E70E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.180 H 268.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70E4
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 228)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 50.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 24.81, -62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 67.41, 291.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% -0.006 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.18 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9348, 18.8073, 75.8053)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70E4 #E4C24E

analogous

#4EBBE4 #4E70E4 #774EE4

triadic

#4E70E4 #E44E70 #70E44E

tetradic

#4E70E4 #E44EBB #E4C24E #4EE477

square

#4E70E4 #E44EBB #E4C24E #4EE477

split-complementary

#4E70E4 #E4774E #BBE44E

monochromatic

#18379F #2049D4 #4E70E4 #839BEC #B8C6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#4E70E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#4E70E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E70E4

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E70E4	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.180 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f98ed',
    500: '#4e70e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70e4;
$custom-light: #8f98ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58205,
    "c": 0.17998,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70E4

secondary

#E4D7AA

accent

#C638F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70E4

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

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