#4E77A8#4E77A8

#4E77A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.089 H 253.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E77A8
RGB	rgb(78, 119, 168)
HSL	hsl(213, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(213, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 0.21, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 30.55, 270.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% -0.0252 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.089 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8041, 17.6392, 39.5574)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E77A8 #A87F4E

analogous

#4EA4A8 #4E77A8 #524EA8

triadic

#4E77A8 #A84E77 #77A84E

tetradic

#4E77A8 #A84EA4 #A87F4E #4EA852

square

#4E77A8 #A84EA4 #A87F4E #4EA852

split-complementary

#4E77A8 #A8524E #A4A84E

monochromatic

#273C54 #3B597E #4E77A8 #7596BF #9EB6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#4E77A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#4E77A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E77A8

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E77A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E77A8	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6379AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5871A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e77a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 119, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.089 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869ec2',
    500: '#4e77a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e77a8;
$custom-light: #869ec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e77a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5604,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E77A8

secondary

#BFAB93

accent

#995BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E77A8

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

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