#4E82B4#4E82B4

#4E82B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.095 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E82B4
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 180)
HSL	hsl(209, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(209, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -2.43, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 31.71, 265.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0344 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.095 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3598, 20.8786, 46.1809)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E82B4 #B4804E

analogous

#4EB4B3 #4E82B4 #4E4FB4

triadic

#4E82B4 #B44E82 #82B44E

tetradic

#4E82B4 #B34EB4 #B4804E #4FB44E

square

#4E82B4 #B34EB4 #B4804E #4FB44E

split-complementary

#4E82B4 #B44E4F #B4B34E

monochromatic

#28445F #3B638A #4E82B4 #79A0C6 #A4BFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E82B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#4E82B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E82B4

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E82B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E82B4	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D84B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e82b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.095 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a6ca',
    500: '#4e82b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e82b4;
$custom-light: #87a6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e82b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.412,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59173,
    "c": 0.09523,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E82B4

secondary

#C6AE98

accent

#9357D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E82B4

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

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