#4E80A9#4E80A9

#4E80A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.083 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80A9
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 169)
HSL	hsl(207, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, -4.78, -26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 27.36, 259.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0357 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.083 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0199, 19.9211, 40.4240)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80A9 #A9774E

analogous

#4EA9A4 #4E80A9 #4E52A9

triadic

#4E80A9 #A94E80 #80A94E

tetradic

#4E80A9 #A44EA9 #A9774E #52A94E

square

#4E80A9 #A44EA9 #A9774E #52A94E

split-complementary

#4E80A9 #A94E52 #A9A44E

monochromatic

#274155 #3B607F #4E80A9 #759EBF #9FBBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#4E80A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#4E80A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80A9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80A9	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#6F81AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6277A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#168A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.083 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a4c2',
    500: '#4e80a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80a9;
$custom-light: #86a4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.033,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58172,
    "c": 0.08334,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80A9

secondary

#BFA793

accent

#8E5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80A9

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

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