#4E73A4#4E73A4

#4E73A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.088 H 255.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E73A4
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 164)
HSL	hsl(214, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 29.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 1.34, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 30.35, 272.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% -0.0216 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.088 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9712, 16.5603, 37.4696)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E73A4 #A47F4E

analogous

#4E9EA4 #4E73A4 #544EA4

triadic

#4E73A4 #A44E73 #73A44E

tetradic

#4E73A4 #A44E9E #A47F4E #4EA454

square

#4E73A4 #A44E9E #A47F4E #4EA454

split-complementary

#4E73A4 #A4544E #9EA44E

monochromatic

#273951 #3A567B #4E73A4 #7392BC #9CB3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4E73A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4E73A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E73A4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E73A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E73A4	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6076A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#227E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e73a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.088 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bbf',
    500: '#4e73a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e73a4;
$custom-light: #859bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e73a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.186,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54919,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E73A4

secondary

#BDAA91

accent

#9C5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E73A4

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

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