#4E80A5#4E80A5

#4E80A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.079 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80A5
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 165)
HSL	hsl(206, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, -6.03, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 25.60, 256.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.037 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.079 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6502, 19.7732, 38.4765)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80A5 #A5734E

analogous

#4EA59E #4E80A5 #4E55A5

triadic

#4E80A5 #A54E80 #80A54E

tetradic

#4E80A5 #9E4EA5 #A5734E #55A54E

square

#4E80A5 #9E4EA5 #A5734E #55A54E

split-complementary

#4E80A5 #A54E55 #A59E4E

monochromatic

#274052 #3A607B #4E80A5 #739EBD #9DBBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4E80A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#4E80A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80A5

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80A5	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7080A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.079 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a4bf',
    500: '#4e80a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80a5;
$custom-light: #85a4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.517,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57984,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80A5

secondary

#BDA491

accent

#8C5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80A5

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

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