#4E71A8#4E71A8

#4E71A8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.095 H 259.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E71A8
RGB	rgb(78, 113, 168)
HSL	hsl(217, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(217, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 32.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 3.84, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 33.50, 276.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% -0.018 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.095 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1125, 16.2559, 39.3268)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E71A8 #A8854E

analogous

#4E9EA8 #4E71A8 #584EA8

triadic

#4E71A8 #A84E71 #71A84E

tetradic

#4E71A8 #A84E9E #A8854E #4EA858

square

#4E71A8 #A84E9E #A8854E #4EA858

split-complementary

#4E71A8 #A8584E #9EA84E

monochromatic

#273954 #3B557E #4E71A8 #7591BF #9EB2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#4E71A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#4E71A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E71A8

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E71A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E71A8	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B75AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E7D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e71a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 113, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.095 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8599c2',
    500: '#4e71a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e71a8;
$custom-light: #8599c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e71a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54674,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E71A8

secondary

#BFAE93

accent

#A05BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E71A8

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

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