#4E74E4#4E74E4

#4E74E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.175 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E74E4
RGB	rgb(78, 116, 228)
HSL	hsl(225, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 49.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 22.33, -60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 64.94, 290.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0096 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.175 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3860, 19.7097, 75.9557)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E74E4 #E4BE4E

analogous

#4EBFE4 #4E74E4 #734EE4

triadic

#4E74E4 #E44E74 #74E44E

tetradic

#4E74E4 #E44EBF #E4BE4E #4EE473

square

#4E74E4 #E44EBF #E4BE4E #4EE473

split-complementary

#4E74E4 #E4734E #BFE44E

monochromatic

#183B9F #204ED4 #4E74E4 #839EEC #B8C7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#4E74E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#4E74E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E74E4

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E74E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E74E4	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3682E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0574E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e74e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 116, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.175 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9bed',
    500: '#4e74e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e74e4;
$custom-light: #8f9bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e74e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58999,
    "c": 0.17512,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E74E4

secondary

#E4D5AA

accent

#C138F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E74E4

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

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