#4E72A3#4E72A3

#4E72A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.087 H 256.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72A3
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 163)
HSL	hsl(215, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(215, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 30.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 1.62, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 30.31, 273.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% -0.0206 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.087 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7678, 16.2975, 36.9581)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72A3 #A37F4E

analogous

#4E9DA3 #4E72A3 #544EA3

triadic

#4E72A3 #A34E72 #72A34E

tetradic

#4E72A3 #A34E9D #A37F4E #4EA354

square

#4E72A3 #A34E9D #A37F4E #4EA354

split-complementary

#4E72A3 #A3544E #9DA34E

monochromatic

#263850 #3A557A #4E72A3 #7291BC #9CB2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#4E72A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#4E72A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72A3

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72A3	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F75A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#247D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.087 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859abe',
    500: '#4e72a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72a3;
$custom-light: #859abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.588,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54638,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72A3

secondary

#BCAA91

accent

#9C5CCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72A3

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

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