#4E74DE#4E74DE

#4E74DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.167 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E74DE
RGB	rgb(78, 116, 222)
HSL	hsl(224, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 47.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 20.25, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 61.63, 289.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% -0.0103 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.167 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5675, 19.3823, 71.6449)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E74DE #DEB84E

analogous

#4EBCDE #4E74DE #704EDE

triadic

#4E74DE #DE4E74 #74DE4E

tetradic

#4E74DE #DE4EBC #DEB84E #4EDE70

square

#4E74DE #DE4EBC #DEB84E #4EDE70

split-complementary

#4E74DE #DE704E #BCDE4E

monochromatic

#1C3C96 #2651C9 #4E74DE #829DE8 #B5C5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#4E74DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#4E74DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E74DE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E74DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E74DE	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C81E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C74DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e74de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 116, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.167 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9be9',
    500: '#4e74de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e74de;
$custom-light: #8e9be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e74de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.167,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58592,
    "c": 0.16702,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E74DE

secondary

#E0D1A8

accent

#BD3CEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E74DE

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

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