#4E74CB#4E74CB

#4E74CB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.141 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E74CB
RGB	rgb(78, 116, 203)
HSL	hsl(222, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(222, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 42.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 13.71, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 51.11, 285.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% -0.0133 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.141 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1630, 18.4205, 58.9813)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E74CB #CBA54E

analogous

#4EB2CB #4E74CB #664ECB

triadic

#4E74CB #CB4E74 #74CB4E

tetradic

#4E74CB #CB4EB2 #CBA54E #4ECB66

square

#4E74CB #CB4EB2 #CBA54E #4ECB66

split-complementary

#4E74CB #CB664E #B2CB4E

monochromatic

#243E7B #3256AA #4E74CB #7D99D9 #ADBEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#4E74CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#4E74CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E74CB

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E74CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E74CB	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A72C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e74cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 116, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.141 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9bdb',
    500: '#4e74cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e74cb;
$custom-light: #8a9bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e74cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.76,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57363,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E74CB

secondary

#D5C5A0

accent

#B14ADE

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E74CB

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

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