#4E80BE#4E80BE

#4E80BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.110 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80BE
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 190)
HSL	hsl(213, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(213, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 32.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 2.02, -37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 37.59, 273.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0292 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.11 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1520, 20.7740, 51.6530)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80BE #BE8C4E

analogous

#4EB8BE #4E80BE #544EBE

triadic

#4E80BE #BE4E80 #80BE4E

tetradic

#4E80BE #BE4EB8 #BE8C4E #4EBE54

square

#4E80BE #BE4EB8 #BE8C4E #4EBE54

split-complementary

#4E80BE #BE544E #B8BE4E

monochromatic

#27456A #386297 #4E80BE #7BA0CE #A8C0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#4E80BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#4E80BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80BE

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80BE	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6684C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5779BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.110 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a4d2',
    500: '#4e80be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80be;
$custom-light: #88a4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.214,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59235,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80BE

secondary

#CCB79C

accent

#9B52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80BE

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

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