#4E73AC#4E73AC

#4E73AC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.099 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E73AC
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 172)
HSL	hsl(216, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 33.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 3.93, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 34.62, 276.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% -0.0192 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.099 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7165, 16.8584, 41.3948)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E73AC #AC874E

analogous

#4EA2AC #4E73AC #584EAC

triadic

#4E73AC #AC4E73 #73AC4E

tetradic

#4E73AC #AC4EA2 #AC874E #4EAC58

square

#4E73AC #AC4EA2 #AC874E #4EAC58

split-complementary

#4E73AC #AC584E #A2AC4E

monochromatic

#283B58 #3B5782 #4E73AC #7694C1 #A0B5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#4E73AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#4E73AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E73AC

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E73AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E73AC	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C77AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#178088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e73ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.099 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869bc5',
    500: '#4e73ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e73ac;
$custom-light: #869bc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e73ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.383,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5534,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E73AC

secondary

#C1B095

accent

#A05ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E73AC

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

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