#4E80A4#4E80A4

#4E80A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.078 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80A4
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 164)
HSL	hsl(205, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 22%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -6.34, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 25.18, 255.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0374 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.078 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5595, 19.7370, 37.9990)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80A4 #A4724E

analogous

#4EA49D #4E80A4 #4E55A4

triadic

#4E80A4 #A44E80 #80A44E

tetradic

#4E80A4 #9D4EA4 #A4724E #55A44E

square

#4E80A4 #9D4EA4 #A4724E #55A44E

split-complementary

#4E80A4 #A44E55 #A49D4E

monochromatic

#273F51 #3A607B #4E80A4 #739EBC #9CBAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4E80A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#4E80A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80A4

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80A4	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7080A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.078 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a4bf',
    500: '#4e80a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80a4;
$custom-light: #85a4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.116,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57938,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80A4

secondary

#BDA391

accent

#8B5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80A4

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

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