#4E80A6#4E80A6

#4E80A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.080 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80A6
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 166)
HSL	hsl(206, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 22.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, -5.72, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 26.03, 257.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0367 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.08 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7415, 19.8098, 38.9577)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80A6 #A6744E

analogous

#4EA6A0 #4E80A6 #4E54A6

triadic

#4E80A6 #A64E80 #80A64E

tetradic

#4E80A6 #A04EA6 #A6744E #54A64E

square

#4E80A6 #A04EA6 #A6744E #54A64E

split-complementary

#4E80A6 #A64E54 #A6A04E

monochromatic

#274053 #3A607C #4E80A6 #749EBE #9DBBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#4E80A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#4E80A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80A6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80A6	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#7080A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.080 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a4c0',
    500: '#4e80a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80a6;
$custom-light: #85a4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58031,
    "c": 0.07983,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80A6

secondary

#BEA592

accent

#8C5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80A6

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

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