#4E80B6#4E80B6

#4E80B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.099 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80B6
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 182)
HSL	hsl(211, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(211, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 29.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -0.61, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 33.54, 268.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0315 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.099 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3015, 20.4338, 47.1739)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80B6 #B6844E

analogous

#4EB4B6 #4E80B6 #504EB6

triadic

#4E80B6 #B64E80 #80B64E

tetradic

#4E80B6 #B64EB4 #B6844E #4EB650

square

#4E80B6 #B64EB4 #B6844E #4EB650

split-complementary

#4E80B6 #B6504E #B4B64E

monochromatic

#284461 #3A628D #4E80B6 #799FC8 #A5BEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#4E80B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4E80B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80B6

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80B6	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A82B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.099 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a4cc',
    500: '#4e80b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80b6;
$custom-light: #87a4cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.154,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58816,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80B6

secondary

#C7B199

accent

#9656D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80B6

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

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