#4E82B5#4E82B5

#4E82B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.096 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E82B5
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 181)
HSL	hsl(210, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(210, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 28.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -2.11, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 32.19, 266.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0341 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.096 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4620, 20.9195, 46.7194)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E82B5 #B5814E

analogous

#4EB5B5 #4E82B5 #4E4EB5

triadic

#4E82B5 #B54E82 #82B54E

tetradic

#4E82B5 #B54EB5 #B5814E #4EB54E

square

#4E82B5 #B54EB5 #B5814E #4EB54E

split-complementary

#4E82B5 #B54E4E #B5B54E

monochromatic

#284560 #3A638B #4E82B5 #79A0C7 #A4BFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#4E82B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#4E82B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E82B5

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E82B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E82B5	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#6D84B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e82b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.096 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a6cb',
    500: '#4e82b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e82b5;
$custom-light: #87a6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e82b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.709,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59223,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E82B5

secondary

#C6AF99

accent

#9357D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E82B5

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

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