#4E73A1#4E73A1

#4E73A1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.084 H 254.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E73A1
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 161)
HSL	hsl(213, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 28.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 0.38, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 28.78, 270.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% -0.0225 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.084 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7034, 16.4532, 36.0596)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E73A1 #A17C4E

analogous

#4E9DA1 #4E73A1 #534EA1

triadic

#4E73A1 #A14E73 #73A14E

tetradic

#4E73A1 #A14E9D #A17C4E #4EA153

square

#4E73A1 #A14E9D #A17C4E #4EA153

split-complementary

#4E73A1 #A1534E #9DA14E

monochromatic

#26384F #3A5678 #4E73A1 #7292BB #9BB2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#4E73A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#4E73A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E73A1

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E73A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E73A1	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6175A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#257D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e73a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.084 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bbd',
    500: '#4e73a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e73a1;
$custom-light: #859bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e73a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.253,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54765,
    "c": 0.08376,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E73A1

secondary

#BBA890

accent

#9A5DCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E73A1

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

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