#4E83A5#4E83A5

#4E83A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.077 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83A5
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 165)
HSL	hsl(203, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -7.76, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 24.75, 251.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0407 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.077 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0473, 20.5674, 38.6089)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83A5 #A5704E

analogous

#4EA59B #4E83A5 #4E58A5

triadic

#4E83A5 #A54E83 #83A54E

tetradic

#4E83A5 #9B4EA5 #A5704E #58A54E

square

#4E83A5 #9B4EA5 #A5704E #58A54E

split-complementary

#4E83A5 #A54E58 #A59B4E

monochromatic

#274152 #3A627B #4E83A5 #73A0BD #9DBCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#4E83A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#4E83A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83A5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83A5	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7482A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6879A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.077 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a7bf',
    500: '#4e83a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83a5;
$custom-light: #85a7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.448,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58691,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83A5

secondary

#BDA391

accent

#885CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83A5

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

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