#4E77A5#4E77A5

#4E77A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.085 H 252.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E77A5
RGB	rgb(78, 119, 165)
HSL	hsl(212, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(212, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 27.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, -0.74, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 29.02, 268.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% -0.0261 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.085 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5279, 17.5287, 38.1024)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E77A5 #A57C4E

analogous

#4EA2A5 #4E77A5 #514EA5

triadic

#4E77A5 #A54E77 #77A54E

tetradic

#4E77A5 #A54EA2 #A57C4E #4EA551

square

#4E77A5 #A54EA2 #A57C4E #4EA551

split-complementary

#4E77A5 #A5514E #A2A54E

monochromatic

#273B52 #3A597B #4E77A5 #7396BD #9DB5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#4E77A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#4E77A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E77A5

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E77A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E77A5	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6479A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5970A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e77a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 119, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.085 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ec0',
    500: '#4e77a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e77a5;
$custom-light: #859ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e77a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.724,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55888,
    "c": 0.08541,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E77A5

secondary

#BDA991

accent

#975CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E77A5

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

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