#4E80A8#4E80A8

#4E80A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.082 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80A8
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 168)
HSL	hsl(207, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, -5.09, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 26.91, 259.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.036 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.082 244)
XYZ	xyz(17.9264, 19.8837, 39.9315)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80A8 #A8764E

analogous

#4EA8A3 #4E80A8 #4E53A8

triadic

#4E80A8 #A84E80 #80A84E

tetradic

#4E80A8 #A34EA8 #A8764E #53A84E

square

#4E80A8 #A34EA8 #A8764E #53A84E

split-complementary

#4E80A8 #A84E53 #A8A34E

monochromatic

#274054 #3B607E #4E80A8 #759EBF #9EBBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#4E80A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#4E80A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80A8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80A8	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F80AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#188A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.082 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a4c2',
    500: '#4e80a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80a8;
$custom-light: #86a4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58125,
    "c": 0.08216,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.19885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80A8

secondary

#BFA693

accent

#8E5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80A8

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

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