#4978A3#4978A3

#4978A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.085 H 247.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4978A3
RGB	rgb(73, 120, 163)
HSL	hsl(209, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, -3.14, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 28.10, 263.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% -0.0324 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.085 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0726, 17.4924, 37.1726)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4978A3 #A37449

analogous

#49A3A1 #4978A3 #494BA3

triadic

#4978A3 #A34978 #78A349

tetradic

#4978A3 #A149A3 #A37449 #4BA349

square

#4978A3 #A149A3 #A37449 #4BA349

split-complementary

#4978A3 #A3494B #A3A149

monochromatic

#233A4E #365979 #4978A3 #6C96BD #96B4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#4978A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#4978A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4978A3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4978A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4978A3	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6679A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A70A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C8287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4978a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 120, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.085 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829ebe',
    500: '#4978a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4978a3;
$custom-light: #829ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4978a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.667,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55756,
    "c": 0.08472,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4978A3

secondary

#BCA38C

accent

#915ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4978A3

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

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