#4E71B2#4E71B2

#4E71B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.109 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4E71B2
RGBrgb(78, 113, 178)
HSLhsl(219, 39%, 50%)
HSVhsv(219, 56%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(56.2%, 36.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(47.81, 7.12, -38.32)
CIE-LCHlch(47.81, 38.98, 280.53°)
OKLaboklab(55.23% -0.0153 -0.1084)
OKLCHoklch(55.23% 0.109 261.9)
XYZxyz(17.0801, 16.6430, 44.4232)
Luminance0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4E71B2 #B28F4E
analogous
#4EA3B2 #4E71B2 #5D4EB2
triadic
#4E71B2 #B24E71 #71B24E
tetradic
#4E71B2 #B24EA3 #B28F4E #4EB25D
square
#4E71B2 #B24EA3 #B28F4E #4EB25D
split-complementary
#4E71B2 #B25D4E #A3B24E
monochromatic
#293B5D #3B5688 #4E71B2 #7993C5 #A3B5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85
#4E71B2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33
#4E71B2 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E71B2
4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4E71B2#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4E71B21.004.854.334.85
#FFFFFF4.851.0021.001.00
#0000004.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.851.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5776B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4A6DB1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0B7F89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4e71b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 113, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.109 261.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8799c9',
    500: '#4e71b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4e71b2;
$custom-light: #8799c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4e71b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55225,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4E71B2
secondary
#C4B598
accent
#A659CF
background
#F8F9FC
surface
#F0F2F8
border
#CBCCD1
text
#0C0D13
muted
#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E71B2

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#4E71B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva