#4E82B2#4E82B2

#4E82B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E82B2
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 178)
HSL	hsl(209, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(209, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 27%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -3.08, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 30.76, 264.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% -0.035 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.093 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1575, 20.7977, 45.1156)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E82B2 #B27E4E

analogous

#4EB2B0 #4E82B2 #4E50B2

triadic

#4E82B2 #B24E82 #82B24E

tetradic

#4E82B2 #B04EB2 #B27E4E #50B24E

square

#4E82B2 #B04EB2 #B27E4E #50B24E

split-complementary

#4E82B2 #B24E50 #B2B04E

monochromatic

#29445D #3B6388 #4E82B2 #79A0C5 #A3BED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#4E82B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#4E82B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E82B2

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E82B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E82B2	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)

#6E83B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6179B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e82b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a6c9',
    500: '#4e82b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e82b2;
$custom-light: #87a6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e82b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59073,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E82B2

secondary

#C4AD98

accent

#9259CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E82B2

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

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