#4E73A9#4E73A9

#4E73A9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.095 H 257.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E73A9
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 169)
HSL	hsl(216, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 32%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 2.95, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 33.01, 275.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% -0.0201 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.095 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4316, 16.7445, 39.8945)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E73A9 #A9844E

analogous

#4EA0A9 #4E73A9 #564EA9

triadic

#4E73A9 #A94E73 #73A94E

tetradic

#4E73A9 #A94EA0 #A9844E #4EA956

square

#4E73A9 #A94EA0 #A9844E #4EA956

split-complementary

#4E73A9 #A9564E #A0A94E

monochromatic

#273A55 #3B577F #4E73A9 #7593BF #9FB4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#4E73A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#4E73A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E73A9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E73A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E73A9	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E77AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C7F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e73a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.095 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869bc3',
    500: '#4e73a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e73a9;
$custom-light: #869bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e73a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.604,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5518,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E73A9

secondary

#BFAE93

accent

#9F5BCD

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E73A9

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

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