#4E72A0#4E72A0

#4E72A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.083 H 255.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72A0
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 160)
HSL	hsl(214, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 0.66, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 28.73, 271.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% -0.0216 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.083 255)
XYZ	xyz(15.5022, 16.1913, 35.5592)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72A0 #A07C4E

analogous

#4E9BA0 #4E72A0 #534EA0

triadic

#4E72A0 #A04E72 #72A04E

tetradic

#4E72A0 #A04E9B #A07C4E #4EA053

square

#4E72A0 #A04E9B #A07C4E #4EA053

split-complementary

#4E72A0 #A0534E #9BA04E

monochromatic

#26374E #3A5577 #4E72A0 #7191BA #9AB1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#4E72A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#4E72A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72A0

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72A0	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6074A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#277C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.083 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859abc',
    500: '#4e72a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72a0;
$custom-light: #859abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.659,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54485,
    "c": 0.08336,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.16192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72A0

secondary

#BBA88F

accent

#9B5DCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72A0

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

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