#4E70E6#4E70E6

#4E70E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.183 H 268.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E70E6
RGB	rgb(78, 112, 230)
HSL	hsl(227, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(227, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 25.51, -63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 68.51, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0058 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.183 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2141, 18.9190, 77.2759)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E70E6 #E6C44E

analogous

#4EBCE6 #4E70E6 #784EE6

triadic

#4E70E6 #E64E70 #70E64E

tetradic

#4E70E6 #E64EBC #E6C44E #4EE678

square

#4E70E6 #E64EBC #E6C44E #4EE678

split-complementary

#4E70E6 #E6784E #BCE64E

monochromatic

#1736A3 #1F48D8 #4E70E6 #849BEE #B9C7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4E70E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4E70E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E70E6

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E70E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E70E6	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2780EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e70e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 112, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.183 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f98ef',
    500: '#4e70e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e70e6;
$custom-light: #8f98ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e70e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.579,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58346,
    "c": 0.18265,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E70E6

secondary

#E5D8AB

accent

#AA0ED7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E70E6

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

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