#4E80A3#4E80A3

#4E80A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.076 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80A3
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 163)
HSL	hsl(205, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, -6.65, -23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 24.76, 254.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0377 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.076 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4695, 19.7010, 37.5253)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80A3 #A3714E

analogous

#4EA39C #4E80A3 #4E55A3

triadic

#4E80A3 #A34E80 #80A34E

tetradic

#4E80A3 #9C4EA3 #A3714E #55A34E

square

#4E80A3 #9C4EA3 #A3714E #55A34E

split-complementary

#4E80A3 #A34E55 #A39C4E

monochromatic

#263F50 #3A5F7A #4E80A3 #729EBC #9CBAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#4E80A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#4E80A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80A3

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80A3	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7180A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.076 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a4be',
    500: '#4e80a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80a3;
$custom-light: #85a4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.07644,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80A3

secondary

#BCA391

accent

#8A5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80A3

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

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