#4E71B6#4E71B6

#4E71B6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.115 H 262.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E71B6
RGB	rgb(78, 113, 182)
HSL	hsl(220, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(220, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 37.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 8.46, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 41.19, 281.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% -0.0144 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.115 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4876, 16.8060, 46.5692)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E71B6 #B6934E

analogous

#4EA5B6 #4E71B6 #5F4EB6

triadic

#4E71B6 #B64E71 #71B64E

tetradic

#4E71B6 #B64EA5 #B6934E #4EB65F

square

#4E71B6 #B64EA5 #B6934E #4EB65F

split-complementary

#4E71B6 #B65F4E #A5B64E

monochromatic

#283B61 #3A568D #4E71B6 #7994C8 #A5B7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#4E71B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#4E71B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E71B6

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E71B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E71B6	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5477B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e71b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 113, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.115 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8799cc',
    500: '#4e71b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e71b6;
$custom-light: #8799cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e71b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.808,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55454,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E71B6

secondary

#C7B799

accent

#A856D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E71B6

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

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