#4E73A3#4E73A3

#4E73A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.086 H 255.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E73A3
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 163)
HSL	hsl(214, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 1.02, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 29.83, 271.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% -0.0219 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.086 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8812, 16.5243, 36.9959)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E73A3 #A37E4E

analogous

#4E9EA3 #4E73A3 #534EA3

triadic

#4E73A3 #A34E73 #73A34E

tetradic

#4E73A3 #A34E9E #A37E4E #4EA353

square

#4E73A3 #A34E9E #A37E4E #4EA353

split-complementary

#4E73A3 #A3534E #9EA34E

monochromatic

#263950 #3A567A #4E73A3 #7292BC #9CB2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#4E73A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4E73A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E73A3

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E73A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E73A3	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6076A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#237E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e73a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.086 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bbe',
    500: '#4e73a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e73a3;
$custom-light: #859bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e73a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.882,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54867,
    "c": 0.08646,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E73A3

secondary

#BCA991

accent

#9B5CCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E73A3

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

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