#4E74C8#4E74C8

#4E74C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.137 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E74C8
RGB	rgb(78, 116, 200)
HSL	hsl(221, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(221, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 42%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 12.68, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 49.45, 284.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% -0.0138 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.137 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8090, 18.2789, 57.1167)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E74C8 #C8A24E

analogous

#4EB1C8 #4E74C8 #654EC8

triadic

#4E74C8 #C84E74 #74C84E

tetradic

#4E74C8 #C84EB1 #C8A24E #4EC865

square

#4E74C8 #C84EB1 #C8A24E #4EC865

split-complementary

#4E74C8 #C8654E #B1C84E

monochromatic

#253E77 #3357A5 #4E74C8 #7D99D7 #ABBDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#4E74C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#4E74C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E74C8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E74C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E74C8	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D71C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e74c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 116, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.137 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9bd9',
    500: '#4e74c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e74c8;
$custom-light: #8a9bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e74c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.311,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57177,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E74C8

secondary

#D3C39F

accent

#AF4CDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E74C8

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

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