#4E80B8#4E80B8

#4E80B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.102 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80B8
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 184)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(212, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 30.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 0.04, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 34.54, 270.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.0309 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.102 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5097, 20.5171, 48.2702)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80B8 #B8864E

analogous

#4EB5B8 #4E80B8 #514EB8

triadic

#4E80B8 #B84E80 #80B84E

tetradic

#4E80B8 #B84EB5 #B8864E #4EB851

square

#4E80B8 #B84EB5 #B8864E #4EB851

split-complementary

#4E80B8 #B8514E #B5B84E

monochromatic

#284464 #39628F #4E80B8 #7A9FCA #A5BFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#4E80B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E80B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80B8

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80B8	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6983BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B78B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.102 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a4cd',
    500: '#4e80b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80b8;
$custom-light: #88a4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.698,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58919,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80B8

secondary

#C8B29A

accent

#9755D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80B8

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

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