#4E83A6#4E83A6

#4E83A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.078 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83A6
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 166)
HSL	hsl(204, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 21.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -7.45, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 25.15, 252.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0403 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.078 239)
XYZ	xyz(18.1386, 20.6040, 39.0901)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83A6 #A6714E

analogous

#4EA69D #4E83A6 #4E57A6

triadic

#4E83A6 #A64E83 #83A64E

tetradic

#4E83A6 #9D4EA6 #A6714E #57A64E

square

#4E83A6 #9D4EA6 #A6714E #57A64E

split-complementary

#4E83A6 #A64E57 #A69D4E

monochromatic

#274153 #3A627C #4E83A6 #74A0BE #9DBCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#4E83A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#4E83A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83A6

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83A6	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7382A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6779A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.078 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a7c0',
    500: '#4e83a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83a6;
$custom-light: #86a7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.864,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58736,
    "c": 0.07815,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.20605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83A6

secondary

#BEA392

accent

#885CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83A6

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

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