#4E78C2#4E78C2

#4E78C2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.124 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E78C2
RGB	rgb(78, 120, 194)
HSL	hsl(218, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(218, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 38.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 8.19, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 43.87, 280.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0194 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.124 261)
XYZ	xyz(19.5926, 18.9460, 53.6529)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E78C2 #C2984E

analogous

#4EB2C2 #4E78C2 #5E4EC2

triadic

#4E78C2 #C24E78 #78C24E

tetradic

#4E78C2 #C24EB2 #C2984E #4EC25E

square

#4E78C2 #C24EB2 #C2984E #4EC25E

split-complementary

#4E78C2 #C25E4E #B2C24E

monochromatic

#26416F #365B9D #4E78C2 #7C9BD2 #A9BDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#4E78C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#4E78C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E78C2

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E78C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E78C2	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4974C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e78c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 120, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.124 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899ed5',
    500: '#4e78c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e78c2;
$custom-light: #899ed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e78c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.276,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57683,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.18948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E78C2

secondary

#CFBD9D

accent

#A750D8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E78C2

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

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