#4E80A2#4E80A2

#4E80A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.075 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80A2
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 162)
HSL	hsl(204, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 21%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, -6.96, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 24.35, 253.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0381 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.075 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3803, 19.6653, 37.0553)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80A2 #A2704E

analogous

#4EA29A #4E80A2 #4E56A2

triadic

#4E80A2 #A24E80 #80A24E

tetradic

#4E80A2 #9A4EA2 #A2704E #56A24E

square

#4E80A2 #9A4EA2 #A2704E #56A24E

split-complementary

#4E80A2 #A24E56 #A29A4E

monochromatic

#263F4F #3A5F79 #4E80A2 #729EBB #9BBACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#4E80A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#4E80A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80A2

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80A2	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7180A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.075 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a4bd',
    500: '#4e80a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80a2;
$custom-light: #85a4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57846,
    "c": 0.07534,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80A2

secondary

#BCA290

accent

#895DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80A2

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

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