#4E78A2#4E78A2

#4E78A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.081 H 249.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E78A2
RGB	rgb(78, 120, 162)
HSL	hsl(210, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(210, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, -2.29, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 27.10, 265.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% -0.0283 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.081 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3777, 17.6600, 36.7211)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E78A2 #A2784E

analogous

#4EA2A2 #4E78A2 #4E4EA2

triadic

#4E78A2 #A24E78 #78A24E

tetradic

#4E78A2 #A24EA2 #A2784E #4EA24E

square

#4E78A2 #A24EA2 #A2784E #4EA24E

split-complementary

#4E78A2 #A24E4E #A2A24E

monochromatic

#263B4F #3A5979 #4E78A2 #7297BB #9BB5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#4E78A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#4E78A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E78A2

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E78A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E78A2	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6779A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C71A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e78a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 120, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.081 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ebd',
    500: '#4e78a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e78a2;
$custom-light: #859ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e78a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55972,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E78A2

secondary

#BCA690

accent

#945DCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E78A2

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

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