#4E71BE#4E71BE

#4E71BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.126 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E71BE
RGB	rgb(78, 113, 190)
HSL	hsl(221, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 40.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 11.14, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 45.64, 284.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% -0.0126 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.126 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3381, 17.1461, 51.0484)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E71BE #BE9B4E

analogous

#4EA9BE #4E71BE #634EBE

triadic

#4E71BE #BE4E71 #71BE4E

tetradic

#4E71BE #BE4EA9 #BE9B4E #4EBE63

square

#4E71BE #BE4EA9 #BE9B4E #4EBE63

split-complementary

#4E71BE #BE634E #A9BE4E

monochromatic

#273C6A #385597 #4E71BE #7B95CE #A8B9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#4E71BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#4E71BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E71BE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E71BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E71BE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5079C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e71be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 113, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.126 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8999d2',
    500: '#4e71be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e71be;
$custom-light: #8999d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e71be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55926,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E71BE

secondary

#CCBD9C

accent

#AD52D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E71BE

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

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