#4E80B4#4E80B4

#4E80B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80B4
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 180)
HSL	hsl(211, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(211, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 28.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -1.26, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 32.55, 267.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0321 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.097 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0963, 20.3517, 46.0931)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80B4 #B4824E

analogous

#4EB3B4 #4E80B4 #4F4EB4

triadic

#4E80B4 #B44E80 #80B44E

tetradic

#4E80B4 #B44EB3 #B4824E #4EB44F

square

#4E80B4 #B44EB3 #B4824E #4EB44F

split-complementary

#4E80B4 #B44F4E #B3B44E

monochromatic

#28435F #3B628A #4E80B4 #799FC6 #A4BED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#4E80B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#4E80B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80B4

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80B4	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A82B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a4ca',
    500: '#4e80b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80b4;
$custom-light: #87a4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.588,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58714,
    "c": 0.09692,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80B4

secondary

#C6AF98

accent

#9557D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80B4

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

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