#4E73C6#4E73C6

#4E73C6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.135 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E73C6
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 198)
HSL	hsl(222, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(222, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 41.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 12.62, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 48.92, 284.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% -0.0132 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.135 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4622, 17.9567, 55.8555)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E73C6 #C6A14E

analogous

#4EAFC6 #4E73C6 #654EC6

triadic

#4E73C6 #C64E73 #73C64E

tetradic

#4E73C6 #C64EAF #C6A14E #4EC665

square

#4E73C6 #C64EAF #C6A14E #4EC665

split-complementary

#4E73C6 #C6654E #AFC64E

monochromatic

#253E74 #3456A2 #4E73C6 #7C98D5 #ABBCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#4E73C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#4E73C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E73C6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E73C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E73C6	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D70C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e73c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.135 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9ad8',
    500: '#4e73c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e73c6;
$custom-light: #8a9ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e73c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56841,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E73C6

secondary

#D1C29E

accent

#AF4DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0D0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E73C6

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

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