#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
RGBrgb(78, 116, 200)
HSLhsl(221, 53%, 55%)
HSVhsv(221, 61%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(61%, 42%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(49.83, 12.68, -47.79)
CIE-LCHlch(49.83, 49.45, 284.86°)
OKLaboklab(57.18% -0.0138 -0.1361)
OKLCHoklch(57.18% 0.137 264.2)
XYZxyz(19.8090, 18.2789, 57.1167)
Luminance0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4E74C81.004.514.664.66
#FFFFFF4.511.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6621.001.001.00
##0000004.6621.001.001.00

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

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#4E74C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva