#4E72A4#4E72A4

#4E72A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.089 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72A4
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 164)
HSL	hsl(215, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(215, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 30.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 1.94, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 30.84, 273.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% -0.0203 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.089 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8577, 16.3335, 37.4318)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72A4 #A4804E

analogous

#4E9DA4 #4E72A4 #554EA4

triadic

#4E72A4 #A44E72 #72A44E

tetradic

#4E72A4 #A44E9D #A4804E #4EA455

square

#4E72A4 #A44E9D #A4804E #4EA455

split-complementary

#4E72A4 #A4554E #9DA44E

monochromatic

#273851 #3A557B #4E72A4 #7392BC #9CB2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#4E72A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#4E72A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72A4

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72A4	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E75A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#227D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.089 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859abf',
    500: '#4e72a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72a4;
$custom-light: #859abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.884,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5469,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72A4

secondary

#BDAA91

accent

#9D5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72A4

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

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