#4E77B6#4E77B6

#4E77B6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.108 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E77B6
RGB	rgb(78, 119, 182)
HSL	hsl(216, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(216, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 34.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 4.79, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 37.92, 277.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% -0.0212 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.108 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1793, 18.1893, 46.7998)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E77B6 #B68D4E

analogous

#4EABB6 #4E77B6 #594EB6

triadic

#4E77B6 #B64E77 #77B64E

tetradic

#4E77B6 #B64EAB #B68D4E #4EB659

square

#4E77B6 #B64EAB #B68D4E #4EB659

split-complementary

#4E77B6 #B6594E #ABB64E

monochromatic

#283F61 #3A5B8D #4E77B6 #7998C8 #A5BADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#4E77B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#4E77B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E77B6

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E77B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E77B6	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5072B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00858E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e77b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 119, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.108 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879dcc',
    500: '#4e77b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e77b6;
$custom-light: #879dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e77b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.346,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56783,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E77B6

secondary

#C7B599

accent

#A156D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E77B6

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

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