#4E82A9#4E82A9

#4E82A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.082 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E82A9
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 169)
HSL	hsl(206, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 23.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, -5.94, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 26.69, 257.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.038 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.082 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2834, 20.4480, 40.5118)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E82A9 #A9754E

analogous

#4EA9A2 #4E82A9 #4E54A9

triadic

#4E82A9 #A94E82 #82A94E

tetradic

#4E82A9 #A24EA9 #A9754E #54A94E

square

#4E82A9 #A24EA9 #A9754E #54A94E

split-complementary

#4E82A9 #A94E54 #A9A24E

monochromatic

#274255 #3B627F #4E82A9 #759FBF #9FBCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#4E82A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4E82A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E82A9

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E82A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E82A9	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)

#7182AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6579A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#158C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e82a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.082 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a6c2',
    500: '#4e82a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e82a9;
$custom-light: #86a6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e82a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5864,
    "c": 0.08204,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E82A9

secondary

#BFA693

accent

#8C5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E82A9

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

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