#4E82AA#4E82AA

#4E82AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.083 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E82AA
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 170)
HSL	hsl(206, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -5.62, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 27.12, 258.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0377 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.083 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3776, 20.4857, 41.0081)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E82AA #AA764E

analogous

#4EAAA4 #4E82AA #4E54AA

triadic

#4E82AA #AA4E82 #82AA4E

tetradic

#4E82AA #A44EAA #AA764E #54AA4E

square

#4E82AA #A44EAA #AA764E #54AA4E

split-complementary

#4E82AA #AA4E54 #AAA44E

monochromatic

#284256 #3B6280 #4E82AA #759FC0 #9FBDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4E82AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E82AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E82AA

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E82AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E82AA	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#7182AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#138C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e82aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.083 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a6c3',
    500: '#4e82aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e82aa;
$custom-light: #86a6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e82aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58687,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E82AA

secondary

#C0A794

accent

#8C5BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E82AA

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

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