#4E82A5#4E82A5

#4E82A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.078 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E82A5
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 165)
HSL	hsl(204, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -7.19, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 25.02, 253.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0395 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.078 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9136, 20.3001, 38.5643)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E82A5 #A5714E

analogous

#4EA59C #4E82A5 #4E57A5

triadic

#4E82A5 #A54E82 #82A54E

tetradic

#4E82A5 #9C4EA5 #A5714E #57A54E

square

#4E82A5 #9C4EA5 #A5714E #57A54E

split-complementary

#4E82A5 #A54E57 #A59C4E

monochromatic

#274152 #3A617B #4E82A5 #739FBD #9DBCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#4E82A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#4E82A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E82A5

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E82A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E82A5	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7282A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6778A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e82a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.078 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a6bf',
    500: '#4e82a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e82a5;
$custom-light: #85a6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e82a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.138,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58455,
    "c": 0.07758,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E82A5

secondary

#BDA391

accent

#895CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E82A5

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

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