#4E78D6#4E78D6

#4E78D6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.151 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E78D6
RGB	rgb(78, 120, 214)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(221, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 43.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 15.02, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 54.83, 285.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0153 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.151 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9917, 19.9057, 66.2885)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E78D6 #D6AC4E

analogous

#4EBCD6 #4E78D6 #684ED6

triadic

#4E78D6 #D64E78 #78D64E

tetradic

#4E78D6 #D64EBC #D6AC4E #4ED668

square

#4E78D6 #D64EBC #D6AC4E #4ED668

split-complementary

#4E78D6 #D6684E #BCD64E

monochromatic

#20418A #2B58BB #4E78D6 #809EE2 #B1C4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#4E78D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#4E78D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E78D6

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E78D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E78D6	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C82DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3676D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e78d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 120, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.151 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9ee3',
    500: '#4e78d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e78d6;
$custom-light: #8c9ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e78d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.471,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58896,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E78D6

secondary

#DBCAA4

accent

#B342E5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E78D6

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

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