#4E82B3#4E82B3

#4E82B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.094 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E82B3
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 179)
HSL	hsl(209, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(209, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -2.76, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 31.24, 264.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0347 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.094 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2583, 20.8380, 45.6464)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E82B3 #B37F4E

analogous

#4EB3B1 #4E82B3 #4E4FB3

triadic

#4E82B3 #B34E82 #82B34E

tetradic

#4E82B3 #B14EB3 #B37F4E #4FB34E

square

#4E82B3 #B14EB3 #B37F4E #4FB34E

split-complementary

#4E82B3 #B34E4F #B3B14E

monochromatic

#28445E #3B6389 #4E82B3 #79A0C5 #A4BED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E82B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4E82B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E82B3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E82B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E82B3	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D84B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6079B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e82b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.094 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a6ca',
    500: '#4e82b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e82b3;
$custom-light: #87a6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e82b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.109,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59123,
    "c": 0.09399,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E82B3

secondary

#C5AE98

accent

#9258D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E82B3

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

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