#4E71A6#4E71A6

#4E71A6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.093 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E71A6
RGB	rgb(78, 113, 166)
HSL	hsl(216, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 31.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 3.19, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 32.42, 275.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% -0.0185 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.093 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9276, 16.1819, 38.3531)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E71A6 #A6834E

analogous

#4E9DA6 #4E71A6 #574EA6

triadic

#4E71A6 #A64E71 #71A64E

tetradic

#4E71A6 #A64E9D #A6834E #4EA657

square

#4E71A6 #A64E9D #A6834E #4EA657

split-complementary

#4E71A6 #A6574E #9DA64E

monochromatic

#273853 #3A557C #4E71A6 #7491BE #9DB2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#4E71A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#4E71A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E71A6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E71A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E71A6	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C75A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#207D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e71a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 113, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.093 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8599c0',
    500: '#4e71a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e71a6;
$custom-light: #8599c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e71a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.136,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54567,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E71A6

secondary

#BEAC92

accent

#9F5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E71A6

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

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