#4E81A2#4E81A2

#4E81A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.075 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81A2
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 162)
HSL	hsl(204, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, -7.54, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 24.08, 251.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.0393 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.075 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5114, 19.9275, 37.0990)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81A2 #A26F4E

analogous

#4EA299 #4E81A2 #4E57A2

triadic

#4E81A2 #A24E81 #81A24E

tetradic

#4E81A2 #994EA2 #A26F4E #57A24E

square

#4E81A2 #994EA2 #A26F4E #57A24E

split-complementary

#4E81A2 #A24E57 #A2994E

monochromatic

#263F4F #3A6079 #4E81A2 #729EBB #9BBBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#4E81A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#4E81A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81A2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81A2	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7280A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6777A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.075 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a5bd',
    500: '#4e81a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81a2;
$custom-light: #85a5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58082,
    "c": 0.07485,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81A2

secondary

#BCA190

accent

#885DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81A2

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

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