#4E73A6#4E73A6

#4E73A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.091 H 256.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E73A6
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 166)
HSL	hsl(215, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 30.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 1.98, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 31.41, 273.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% -0.021 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.091 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1532, 16.6331, 38.4283)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E73A6 #A6814E

analogous

#4E9FA6 #4E73A6 #554EA6

triadic

#4E73A6 #A64E73 #73A64E

tetradic

#4E73A6 #A64E9F #A6814E #4EA655

square

#4E73A6 #A64E9F #A6814E #4EA655

split-complementary

#4E73A6 #A6554E #9FA64E

monochromatic

#273953 #3A567C #4E73A6 #7493BE #9DB3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#4E73A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#4E73A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E73A6

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E73A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E73A6	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F76A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#207E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e73a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.091 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bc0',
    500: '#4e73a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e73a6;
$custom-light: #859bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e73a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.773,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55022,
    "c": 0.09056,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E73A6

secondary

#BEAB92

accent

#9D5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E73A6

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

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