#4E72A2#4E72A2

#4E72A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.086 H 255.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72A2
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 162)
HSL	hsl(214, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 29.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 1.30, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 29.78, 272.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% -0.0209 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.086 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6786, 16.2618, 36.4881)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72A2 #A27E4E

analogous

#4E9CA2 #4E72A2 #544EA2

triadic

#4E72A2 #A24E72 #72A24E

tetradic

#4E72A2 #A24E9C #A27E4E #4EA254

square

#4E72A2 #A24E9C #A27E4E #4EA254

split-complementary

#4E72A2 #A2544E #9CA24E

monochromatic

#26384F #3A5579 #4E72A2 #7291BB #9BB2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#4E72A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#4E72A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72A2

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72A2	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F75A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#257D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.086 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859abd',
    500: '#4e72a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72a2;
$custom-light: #859abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54587,
    "c": 0.08608,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72A2

secondary

#BCA990

accent

#9C5DCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72A2

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

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