#4E73A5#4E73A5

#4E73A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.089 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E73A5
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 165)
HSL	hsl(214, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(214, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 1.66, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 30.88, 273.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% -0.0213 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.089 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0618, 16.5966, 37.9471)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E73A5 #A5804E

analogous

#4E9EA5 #4E73A5 #554EA5

triadic

#4E73A5 #A54E73 #73A54E

tetradic

#4E73A5 #A54E9E #A5804E #4EA555

square

#4E73A5 #A54E9E #A5804E #4EA555

split-complementary

#4E73A5 #A5554E #9EA54E

monochromatic

#273952 #3A567B #4E73A5 #7393BD #9DB3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#4E73A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#4E73A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E73A5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E73A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E73A5	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F76A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#217E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e73a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.089 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bc0',
    500: '#4e73a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e73a5;
$custom-light: #859bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e73a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.483,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5497,
    "c": 0.08919,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E73A5

secondary

#BDAB91

accent

#9C5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E73A5

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

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