#4E74E6#4E74E6

#4E74E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.178 H 267.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E74E6
RGB	rgb(78, 116, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 49.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 23.02, -61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 66.05, 290.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% -0.0093 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.178 267)
XYZ	xyz(23.6653, 19.8214, 77.4263)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E74E6 #E6C04E

analogous

#4EC0E6 #4E74E6 #744EE6

triadic

#4E74E6 #E64E74 #74E64E

tetradic

#4E74E6 #E64EC0 #E6C04E #4EE674

square

#4E74E6 #E64EC0 #E6C04E #4EE674

split-complementary

#4E74E6 #E6744E #C0E64E

monochromatic

#173AA3 #1F4DD8 #4E74E6 #849EEE #B9C8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#4E74E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#4E74E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E74E6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E74E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E74E6	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3382EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e74e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 116, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.178 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9bef',
    500: '#4e74e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e74e6;
$custom-light: #8f9bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e74e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59137,
    "c": 0.17781,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.19824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E74E6

secondary

#E5D6AB

accent

#A50ED7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E74E6

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

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