#4C73AE#4C73AE

#4C73AE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.103 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C73AE
RGB	rgb(76, 115, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(216, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 33.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 4.14, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 35.82, 276.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% -0.0205 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.103 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7486, 16.8526, 42.4065)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C73AE #AE874C

analogous

#4CA4AE #4C73AE #564CAE

triadic

#4C73AE #AE4C73 #73AE4C

tetradic

#4C73AE #AE4CA4 #AE874C #4CAE56

square

#4C73AE #AE4CA4 #AE874C #4CAE56

split-complementary

#4C73AE #AE564C #A4AE4C

monochromatic

#273B59 #395783 #4C73AE #7594C3 #9FB5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#4C73AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#4C73AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C73AE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C73AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C73AE	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B77B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#068088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c73ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 115, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.103 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bc6',
    500: '#4c73ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c73ae;
$custom-light: #859bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c73ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.122,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55338,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C73AE

secondary

#C2B094

accent

#A059CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C73AE

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

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