#4E78BE#4E78BE

#4E78BE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.118 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E78BE
RGB	rgb(78, 120, 190)
HSL	hsl(218, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(218, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 36.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 6.84, -41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 41.70, 279.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0203 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.118 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1494, 18.7687, 51.3188)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E78BE #BE944E

analogous

#4EB0BE #4E78BE #5C4EBE

triadic

#4E78BE #BE4E78 #78BE4E

tetradic

#4E78BE #BE4EB0 #BE944E #4EBE5C

square

#4E78BE #BE4EB0 #BE944E #4EBE5C

split-complementary

#4E78BE #BE5C4E #B0BE4E

monochromatic

#27406A #385B97 #4E78BE #7B9ACE #A8BCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#4E78BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#4E78BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E78BE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E78BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E78BE	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C73BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e78be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 120, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.118 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889ed2',
    500: '#4e78be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e78be;
$custom-light: #889ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e78be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57453,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E78BE

secondary

#CCBA9C

accent

#A452D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E78BE

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

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