#4E83A3#4E83A3

#4E83A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.075 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83A3
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 163)
HSL	hsl(203, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -8.37, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 23.98, 249.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0414 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.075 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8666, 20.4952, 37.6577)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83A3 #A36E4E

analogous

#4EA399 #4E83A3 #4E59A3

triadic

#4E83A3 #A34E83 #83A34E

tetradic

#4E83A3 #994EA3 #A36E4E #59A34E

square

#4E83A3 #994EA3 #A36E4E #59A34E

split-complementary

#4E83A3 #A34E59 #A3994E

monochromatic

#264050 #3A627A #4E83A3 #72A0BC #9CBCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4E83A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E83A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83A3

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83A3	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)

#7482A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6879A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E8B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.075 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a7be',
    500: '#4e83a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83a3;
$custom-light: #85a7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.588,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58601,
    "c": 0.075,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83A3

secondary

#BCA191

accent

#865CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83A3

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

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