#4E80A0#4E80A0

#4E80A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.073 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80A0
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 160)
HSL	hsl(203, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 20%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, -7.58, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 23.55, 251.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0388 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.073 238)
XYZ	xyz(17.2039, 19.5948, 36.1265)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80A0 #A06E4E

analogous

#4EA097 #4E80A0 #4E57A0

triadic

#4E80A0 #A04E80 #80A04E

tetradic

#4E80A0 #974EA0 #A06E4E #57A04E

square

#4E80A0 #974EA0 #A06E4E #57A04E

split-complementary

#4E80A0 #A04E57 #A0974E

monochromatic

#263E4E #3A5F77 #4E80A0 #719EBA #9ABACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#4E80A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#4E80A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80A0

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80A0	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66779F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.073 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a4bc',
    500: '#4e80a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80a0;
$custom-light: #85a4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.415,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57755,
    "c": 0.07319,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.19596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80A0

secondary

#BBA08F

accent

#885DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80A0

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

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