#4E78AC#4E78AC

#4E78AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.094 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E78AC
RGB	rgb(78, 120, 172)
HSL	hsl(213, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(213, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 30.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 0.91, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 32.14, 271.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% -0.0252 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.094 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3022, 18.0298, 41.5901)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E78AC #AC824E

analogous

#4EA7AC #4E78AC #534EAC

triadic

#4E78AC #AC4E78 #78AC4E

tetradic

#4E78AC #AC4EA7 #AC824E #4EAC53

square

#4E78AC #AC4EA7 #AC824E #4EAC53

split-complementary

#4E78AC #AC534E #A7AC4E

monochromatic

#283D58 #3B5B82 #4E78AC #7698C1 #A0B7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#4E78AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#4E78AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E78AC

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E78AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E78AC	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5772AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15848A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e78ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 120, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.094 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869ec5',
    500: '#4e78ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e78ac;
$custom-light: #869ec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e78ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.191,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56474,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E78AC

secondary

#C1AD95

accent

#9A5ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E78AC

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

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