#4E71A5#4E71A5

#4E71A5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.091 H 258.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E71A5
RGB	rgb(78, 113, 165)
HSL	hsl(216, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 2.87, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 31.88, 275.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% -0.0188 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.091 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8362, 16.1454, 37.8719)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E71A5 #A5824E

analogous

#4E9CA5 #4E71A5 #574EA5

triadic

#4E71A5 #A54E71 #71A54E

tetradic

#4E71A5 #A54E9C #A5824E #4EA557

square

#4E71A5 #A54E9C #A5824E #4EA557

split-complementary

#4E71A5 #A5574E #9CA54E

monochromatic

#273852 #3A557B #4E71A5 #7391BD #9DB2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#4E71A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#4E71A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E71A5

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E71A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E71A5	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D74A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#227C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e71a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 113, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.091 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8599c0',
    500: '#4e71a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e71a5;
$custom-light: #8599c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e71a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.862,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54514,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E71A5

secondary

#BDAC91

accent

#9F5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E71A5

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

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