#4E80B2#4E80B2

#4E80B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80B2
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 178)
HSL	hsl(210, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(210, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -1.91, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 31.58, 266.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0327 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.094 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8941, 20.2708, 45.0278)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80B2 #B2804E

analogous

#4EB2B2 #4E80B2 #4E4EB2

triadic

#4E80B2 #B24E80 #80B24E

tetradic

#4E80B2 #B24EB2 #B2804E #4EB24E

square

#4E80B2 #B24EB2 #B2804E #4EB24E

split-complementary

#4E80B2 #B24E4E #B2B24E

monochromatic

#29435D #3B6188 #4E80B2 #799FC5 #A3BDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#4E80B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#4E80B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80B2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80B2	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B82B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E78B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a4c9',
    500: '#4e80b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80b2;
$custom-light: #87a4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58613,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80B2

secondary

#C4AE98

accent

#9459CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80B2

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

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