#4E73CE#4E73CE

#4E73CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.146 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E73CE
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 206)
HSL	hsl(223, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(223, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 44.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 15.36, -51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 53.37, 286.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% -0.0117 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.146 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4094, 18.3356, 60.8441)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E73CE #CEA94E

analogous

#4EB3CE #4E73CE #694ECE

triadic

#4E73CE #CE4E73 #73CE4E

tetradic

#4E73CE #CE4EB3 #CEA94E #4ECE69

square

#4E73CE #CE4EB3 #CEA94E #4ECE69

split-complementary

#4E73CE #CE694E #B3CE4E

monochromatic

#233D7F #3055AE #4E73CE #7E99DB #AEBFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#4E73CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#4E73CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E73CE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E73CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E73CE	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3471CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e73ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.146 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9add',
    500: '#4e73ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e73ce;
$custom-light: #8b9add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e73ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.656,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57341,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E73CE

secondary

#D7C7A1

accent

#B448E0

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E73CE

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

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